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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Ramanujan's scholarship changed?
(a) Because he neglected his studies aside from math.
(b) Because of his womanizing.
(c) Because of his progress in all his fields.
(d) Because of his rowdy behavior.

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

3. What interrupted Ramanujan's wedding?
(a) Drunken relatives.
(b) Objections from the girl's family.
(c) A fight.
(d) A deranged woman.

4. What was Ramanujan's college's nickname?
(a) The Bollytechnicum.
(b) Oxford of South India.
(c) Cambridge of South India.
(d) Harvard of South India.

5. Where did Ramanujan publish his first journal article?
(a) An Indian mathematics journal.
(b) An English mathematics journal.
(c) An American mathematics journal.
(d) An Italian mathematics journal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Ramanujan late for his wedding?

2. What makes 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics' notable, according to Kanigel?

3. What was Ramanujan's religion?

4. How does Kanigel characterize Ramanujan's first paper?

5. What does Kanigel say people appreciated about Hardy?

(see the answer key)

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