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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 are partitions in math?
(a) The divisions between theorems and proofs.
(b) The separation between rational and irrational numbers.
(c) The distinctions between prime numbers and other numbers.
(d) The number of ways to arrive at a number.

2. What did Ramanujan work out in his research on constants?
(a) A solution to pi.
(b) A new use for Euler's constant.
(c) An approximation of pi.
(d) A foundation for Euler's constant.

3. What were Ramanujan's parents getting impatient with?
(a) Ramanujan's sloth.
(b) Ramanujan's insubordination.
(c) Ramanujan's scribbling in notebooks.
(d) Ramanujan's failure to win prizes.

4. What does Kanigel say 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics' is lacking?
(a) Proofs.
(b) An answer key.
(c) Translations.
(d) Formulas.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ramanujan say he was willing to do in order to come to England?

2. How does Kanigel say Ramanujan saw himself when he was returning to India?

3. How does Kanigel characterize Ramanujan's solutions to the math problems in 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics'?

4. What did Ramanujan contract from a mosquito-borne disease?

5. What does Kanigel say Ramanujan did at age 17?

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