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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Kanigel describe the seriousness of Ramanujan's condition?
(a) Not life-threatening but uncomfortable.
(b) Life-threatening.
(c) Debilitating.
(d) Crippling.

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

4. What is 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics' composed of?
(a) Tutoring notes.
(b) A lifetime's work.
(c) Math problems.
(d) A doctoral dissertation.

5. How does Kanigel describe Ramanujan as a potential husband?
(a) Uninteresting.
(b) Undesirable.
(c) Frightful.
(d) Appealing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a nested square root?

2. Where did Ramanujan's parents find a wife for him?

3. When would Ramanujan and his wife consummate their marriage?

4. Who comprised the Apostles?

5. What energy does Kanigel say Ramanujan redirected into mathematics?

(see the answer key)

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