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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Ramanujan need to do now that he was married?
(a) Make money.
(b) Have children.
(c) Buy a house.
(d) Contribute to his in-laws' income.

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

3. Where did Hardy attend college?
(a) Balliol.
(b) Linacre.
(c) Trinity.
(d) Oriel.

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

5. Where had the author of 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics' taught?
(a) Berlin.
(b) London.
(c) Bern.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kanigel say about Ramanujan's marriage?

2. What did parents see when they looked at Ramanujan as a prospective husband?

3. What did Ramanujan do while he waited for his wife?

4. What did Ramanujan attend at Pachaiyappas College?

5. Where did Ramanujan go when he was 17?

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