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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) The theory of relativity.
(c) Analytic trigonometry.
(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 did Ramanujan attend at Pachaiyappas College?
(a) Physics classes.
(b) Biology classes.
(c) Math classes.
(d) Chemistry classes.

4. Why was Ramanujan's scholarship changed?
(a) Because of his progress in all his fields.
(b) Because of his rowdy behavior.
(c) Because he neglected his studies aside from math.
(d) Because of his womanizing.

5. What was uncommon about Ramanujan's physique?
(a) He had a limp.
(b) He was overweight.
(c) He had a humpback.
(d) He had six fingers on each hand.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kanigel say Ramanujan disliked as a child?

2. What is the British term for what Americans call private high schools?

3. Which person was NOT in the Bloomsbury Group?

4. What was Ramanujan's family's status?

5. What distinguished Ramanujan's class?

(see the answer key)

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