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(a) It was withdrawn.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

2. Where was Ramanujan's college located?
(a) Madras.
(b) A small town.
(c) Delhi.
(d) Cambridge.

3. How does Kanigel describe life in Ramanujan's hometown?
(a) Childhood illness and death were common.
(b) A middle class was just emerging.
(c) People had every luxury.
(d) Crushing poverty was the norm.

4. What were Ramanujan's parents getting impatient with?
(a) Ramanujan's sloth.
(b) Ramanujan's failure to win prizes.
(c) Ramanujan's scribbling in notebooks.
(d) Ramanujan's insubordination.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Kanigel characterize Ramanujan's tutoring?

2. What does Kanigel say Ramanujan learned from an old book?

3. How does Kanigel describe Ramanujan's early temperament?

4. What does Kanigel say 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics' is lacking?

5. What was the effect of Ramanujan's childhood smallpox?

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