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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ramanujan's Spring.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did NOT contribute to Ramanujan's discomfort during the sea voyage to England?
(a) The temperatures.
(b) Homesickness.
(c) Seasickness.
(d) The strangers.

2. How does Kanigel describe life in Ramanujan's hometown?
(a) A middle class was just emerging.
(b) Crushing poverty was the norm.
(c) Childhood illness and death were common.
(d) People had every luxury.

3. What was Ramanujan's college's nickname?
(a) Cambridge of South India.
(b) The Bollytechnicum.
(c) Harvard of South India.
(d) Oxford of South India.

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

5. How does Kanigel describe Ramanujan as a mathematical thinker?
(a) Radical.
(b) Formalist.
(c) Classicist.
(d) Constructivist.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Kanigel describe Ramanujan's early temperament?

2. What did Ramanujan discover when his friend Mahalanobis read a puzzle from the paper?

3. What does Kanigel say was Ramanujan's greatest talent?

4. How does Kanigel describe Ramanujan's relationship with his wife?

5. How long after the wedding would it take before Janaki joined Ramanujan?

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