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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through In Somewhat Indifferent Health.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Ramanujan say he was willing to do in order to come to England?
(a) Work for Hardy.
(b) Abandon his wife.
(c) Borrow money.
(d) Be cast out of his Brahmin class.

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

3. How does Kanigel describe the value of Ramanujan's discovery?
(a) It predicts the behavior of certain celestial bodies.
(b) It is still used today.
(c) It revised several major mathematic theorems.
(d) It has yet to be disproved.

4. What energy does Kanigel say Ramanujan redirected into mathematics?
(a) Religious devotion.
(b) Sexual desire.
(c) Troublemaking.
(d) Political restlessness.

5. How does Kanigel characterize Ramanujan's solutions to the math problems in 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics'?
(a) As flawless.
(b) As frequently wrong.
(c) As inconsistent.
(d) As odd.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long would Ramanujan's condition persist?

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

3. What was the significance of Erode in Ramanujan's family?

4. What is a nested square root?

5. How does Kanigel describe life in Ramanujan's hometown?

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