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Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What did parents see when they looked at Ramanujan as a prospective husband?
(a) A well-connected man.
(b) A genius.
(c) A criminal.
(d) An unemployed man.

5. When does Kanigel say Ramanujan got hold of 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics'?
(a) At 16.
(b) At 19.
(c) At 13.
(d) At 10.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Ramanujan eventually find work?

3. What did Ramanujan use as evidence of his credentials in interviews?

4. What does Kanigel say about Ramanujan's marriage?

5. What did Ramanujan do while he waited for his wife?

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