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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 characterize Ramanujan's first paper?
(a) Detailed.
(b) Exquisite.
(c) Exciting but incomplete.
(d) Immaculate.

2. How does Kanigel describe the seriousness of Ramanujan's condition?
(a) Not life-threatening but uncomfortable.
(b) Debilitating.
(c) Life-threatening.
(d) Crippling.

3. Where did Hardy get his secondary education?
(a) Winchester.
(b) Eton.
(c) King's.
(d) St. Alban's.

4. What did Ramanujan contract from a mosquito-borne disease?
(a) A limp.
(b) Fevers.
(c) Partial deafness.
(d) Swelling in his scrotum.

5. Where was Ramanujan born?
(a) Erode.
(b) Kumbakonam.
(c) Uttar Pradesh.
(d) Madras.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ramanujan practice as part of his religion?

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

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

4. What interest did Hardy develop in his later years, according to Kanigel?

5. How much of Ramanujan's work did Hardy believe was sound and original?

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