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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When would Ramanujan and his wife consummate their marriage?
(a) It would depend on Ramanujan's career.
(b) When she was older.
(c) As soon as she was chosen.
(d) Never--they were pledged to be chaste.

3. What did Hardy and his friends arrange for Ramanujan?
(a) A teaching position.
(b) A sinecure.
(c) A research position.
(d) A bureaucratic appointment.

4. What did Ramanujan practice as part of his religion?
(a) Vegetarianism.
(b) A year as a monk.
(c) Community service.
(d) Animal sacrifice.

5. Where did Ramanujan eventually find work?
(a) The British Indian Civil Service.
(b) He worked for his patron.
(c) A high school.
(d) His college.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was proved correct in Ramanujan's work from this time?

3. How much of Ramanujan's work did Hardy believe was sound and original?

4. When was Ramanujan born?

5. Who is Namagiri?

(see the answer key)

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