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Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Ramanujan's parents find a wife for him?
(a) A nearby village.
(b) Madras.
(c) Uttar Pradesh.
(d) An orphanage.

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

3. What distinguished Ramanujan's class?
(a) The trades.
(b) Mercantilism.
(c) Learning and religion.
(d) Hand work.

4. What did Ramanujan do while he waited for his wife?
(a) Take a job in Madras.
(b) Live with his parents.
(c) Travel through Asia.
(d) Travel South India.

5. What does Kanigel say Ramanujan learned from an old book?
(a) Analytic trigonometry.
(b) Algebra.
(c) The theory of relativity.
(d) Calculus.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Ramanujan publish his first journal article?

2. What was Ramanujan like in school?

3. How does Kanigel describe Ramanujan's youth?

4. When did Ramanujan begin to speak?

5. What was Ramanujan's college's nickname?

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