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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Kanigel describe education at Hardy's college?
(a) Students took a ferocious load of classes.
(b) Students worked together to make presentations to tutors.
(c) Students followed their own inclination in study.
(d) Students worked with tutors instead of taking classes.

2. What was the doctor's prescription for Ramanujan's condition?
(a) Radiation.
(b) Surgery.
(c) Physical activity.
(d) Rest and care.

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

4. What was Ramanujan's father's employment?
(a) Merchant.
(b) Priest.
(c) Low-level clerk.
(d) Tradesman.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Ramanujan write to Hardy?

2. What was Ramanujan's intention when he returned home?

3. How long did the trip from India to England take?

4. How does Kanigel characterize Ramanujan's theorems and formulas?

5. How does Kanigel describe English society from Ramanujan's point-of-view?

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