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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Hardy.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Kanigel characterize Ramanujan's first paper?
(a) Detailed.
(b) Exquisite.
(c) Immaculate.
(d) Exciting but incomplete.

3. Which person was NOT in the Bloomsbury Group?
(a) John Maynard Keynes.
(b) Virginia Woolf.
(c) G.E. Moore.
(d) James Joyce.

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

5. What does Kanigel say 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics' is lacking?
(a) Proofs.
(b) Formulas.
(c) An answer key.
(d) Translations.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics' composed of?

2. Where was Ramanujan's college located?

3. Who was N. Ramanujachariar?

4. When did Ramanujan begin to speak?

5. How does Kanigel say Hardy saw himself, first and foremost?

(see the answer key)

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