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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. What happened to Ramanujan's scholarship?
(a) It was expanded to his graduate study.
(b) It was jeopardized by Ramanujan's poor grades.
(c) It was withdrawn.
(d) It was renewed for four years.

2. What was the significance of Erode in Ramanujan's family?
(a) Where Ramanujan went to school.
(b) Ramanujan's hometown.
(c) Ramanujan's mother's ancestral home.
(d) Where Ramanujan was buried.

3. What was Ramanujan's family's status?
(a) Poor.
(b) Wealthy.
(c) Impoverished.
(d) Not very rich.

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

5. Where was Ramanujan born?
(a) Erode.
(b) Madras.
(c) Kumbakonam.
(d) Uttar Pradesh.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ramanujan attend at Pachaiyappas College?

2. What energy does Kanigel say Ramanujan redirected into mathematics?

3. When does Kanigel say Ramanujan got hold of 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics'?

4. How does Kanigel characterize Ramanujan's developing approach to math?

5. What was Ramanujan's caste?

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