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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. Which person was NOT in the Bloomsbury Group?
(a) G.E. Moore.
(b) Virginia Woolf.
(c) James Joyce.
(d) John Maynard Keynes.

2. Where did graduates from Hardy's secondary school typically go to college?
(a) University College.
(b) Trinity.
(c) New College.
(d) Linacre.

3. Who was N. Ramanujachariar?
(a) Ramanujan's roommate.
(b) Ramanujan's rival.
(c) Ramanujan's trainer.
(d) Ramanujan's math teacher.

4. How does Kanigel characterize Ramanujan's tutoring?
(a) Inspired.
(b) Effective.
(c) Incoherent.
(d) Unhelpful.

5. How old was the wife Ramanujan's parents found?
(a) 13.
(b) 9.
(c) 11.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kanigel say people appreciated about Hardy?

2. What was Ramanujan's religion?

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

4. What energy does Kanigel say Ramanujan redirected into mathematics?

5. Who met Ramanujan in England?

(see the answer key)

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