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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was the wife Ramanujan's parents found?
(a) 9.
(b) 13.
(c) 11.
(d) 15.

2. What did Hardy dislike about his secondary education?
(a) Competitiveness.
(b) Rigid discipline.
(c) Emphasis on grades.
(d) Cricket.

3. When did the Tripos take place?
(a) After a student's last year.
(b) After a student's first year.
(c) After a student's third year.
(d) After a student's second year.

4. What is a nested square root?
(a) The framework of assumptions within which a series of square roots resolves to a negative number.
(b) An infinite series of square roots.
(c) A series of square roots of square roots.
(d) A series of square roots that resolve to prime numbers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Ramanujan go when he was 17?

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

3. What were the Tripos?

4. Where did Ramanujan eventually find work?

5. What was Ramanujan's father's employment?

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