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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. Who wrote 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics'?
(a) George Carr.
(b) Enrico Betti.
(c) Frank Nelson Cole.
(d) William George Horner.

2. Who was N. Ramanujachariar?
(a) Ramanujan's trainer.
(b) Ramanujan's roommate.
(c) Ramanujan's math teacher.
(d) Ramanujan's rival.

3. What is 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics' composed of?
(a) A doctoral dissertation.
(b) A lifetime's work.
(c) Tutoring notes.
(d) Math problems.

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

5. What makes 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics' notable, according to Kanigel?
(a) The theorems do not have examples.
(b) The problems do not have solutions.
(c) There is no explanation to the problems.
(d) The dissertation does not have a conclusion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Ramanujan's college located?

2. What does Kanigel say Ramanujan disliked as a child?

3. What distinguished Ramanujan's class?

4. What were Ramanujan's parents getting impatient with?

5. Where had the author of 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics' taught?

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