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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Ramanujan leave school?
(a) He completed the coursework.
(b) He was expelled.
(c) He got sick.
(d) His family could not afford it without the scholarship.

2. What did Ramanujan discover when his friend Mahalanobis read a puzzle from the paper?
(a) The value of pi.
(b) The mystical nature of numbers.
(c) The constant that resolves series to prime numbers.
(d) A proof to all problems like that puzzle.

3. What did Hardy try to arrange after receiving Ramanujan's letter?
(a) A scholarship for Ramanujan in India.
(b) Ramanujan's passage to England.
(c) A meeting with Ramanujan.
(d) A teaching position for Ramanujan.

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

5. Who was G. H. Hardy?
(a) Ramanujan's Colorado-author.
(b) Ramanujan's father-in-law.
(c) Ramanujan's boss.
(d) The mathematician who helped Ramanujan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ramanujan's Master Theorem attempt to do?

2. What was Ramanujan's religion?

3. Where did Ramanujan publish his first journal article?

4. What was Ramanujan interested in in this value?

5. How does Kanigel say Ramanujan would solve math problems?

(see the answer key)

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