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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 Ranging with Delight.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Kanigel describe Ramanujan's youth?
(a) Devout.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Productive.
(d) Idle.

2. What did Ramanujan's parents do in response to their impatience?
(a) Apprentice him to a designer.
(b) Send him to school.
(c) Marry him off.
(d) Buy him a bureaucratic appointment.

3. When did Ramanujan win a scholarship for his math skills?
(a) After high school.
(b) After college.
(c) After middle school.
(d) During high school.

4. What was Ramanujan's college's nickname?
(a) The Bollytechnicum.
(b) Cambridge of South India.
(c) Oxford of South India.
(d) Harvard of South India.

5. Where would Ramanujan's technique of solving math problems run into difficulty?
(a) With multi-variable formulas.
(b) With very large or very small numbers.
(c) With Pi.
(d) With irrational numbers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Ramanujan born?

2. How does Kanigel characterize Ramanujan's tutoring?

3. Who is Namagiri?

4. Why was Ramanujan's scholarship changed?

5. What did Ramanujan attend at Pachaiyappas College?

(see the answer key)

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