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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Ramanujan move to?
(a) Bristol.
(b) Oxford.
(c) London.
(d) Cambridge.

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

3. What is the British term for what Americans call private high schools?
(a) Finishing school.
(b) Technical school.
(c) Public school.
(d) Private school.

4. What class was Ramanujan raised in?
(a) Pancha-Gauda Brahmin.
(b) Shaivite Brahmin.
(c) Pancha-Dravida Brahmin.
(d) Maharashtra Brahmin.

5. What was Ramanujan's religion?
(a) Muslim.
(b) Tamil.
(c) Hindu.
(d) Confucian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What practice does Kanigel say Ramanujan had difficulty adjusting to in England?

2. In his letter to Hardy, what was the importance of the thing Ramanujan claimed to have discovered?

3. What was Ramanujan interested in in this value?

4. What was Hardy's experience of secondary education like, according to Kanigel?

5. What did Ramanujan practice as part of his religion?

(see the answer key)

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