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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Namagiri?
(a) Ramanujan's family's traditional deity.
(b) Ramanujan's religious teacher.
(c) Ramanujan's chess teacher.
(d) Shiva's consort.

3. When did Ramanujan begin to speak?
(a) One year.
(b) Eighteen months.
(c) Two years.
(d) Three years.

4. What was Ramanujan like in school?
(a) He excelled only in math.
(b) He was a poor student.
(c) He liked math and science, but not literature.
(d) He was good at all his studies.

5. When was Ramanujan born?
(a) 1892.
(b) 1887.
(c) 1877.
(d) 1890.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long after the wedding would it take before Janaki joined Ramanujan?

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

3. What does Kanigel say 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics' is lacking?

4. What was the significance of Erode in Ramanujan's family?

5. Where did graduates from Hardy's secondary school typically go to college?

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