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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What contributed to Ramanujan's status as a potential husband?
(a) He was monomaniacally interested in math.
(b) He was handsome.
(c) He was wealthy.
(d) He was fat.

2. What energy does Kanigel say Ramanujan redirected into mathematics?
(a) Political restlessness.
(b) Sexual desire.
(c) Religious devotion.
(d) Troublemaking.

3. What happened to Ramanujan's scholarship?
(a) It was renewed for four years.
(b) It was withdrawn.
(c) It was expanded to his graduate study.
(d) It was jeopardized by Ramanujan's poor grades.

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

5. What does Kanigel say Ramanujan disliked as a child?
(a) Other children.
(b) Holidays.
(c) Teachers.
(d) His family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Ramanujan's scholarship changed?

2. What was Ramanujan's caste?

3. When was Ramanujan born?

4. Where did Hardy get his secondary education?

5. What was the effect of Ramanujan's childhood smallpox?

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