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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In his letter to Hardy, what was the importance of the thing Ramanujan claimed to have discovered?
(a) It was already common knowledge.
(b) It was just being discovered simultaneously at other math departments.
(c) No one under thirty had even tried it.
(d) It had been a mystery for years.

2. What did Hardy describe as his greatest accomplishment?
(a) His work on partitions.
(b) The discovery of Ramanujan.
(c) His department at Cambridge.
(d) The promotion of math as a field of knowledge.

3. What did Ramanujan's parents do in response to their impatience?
(a) Apprentice him to a designer.
(b) Marry him off.
(c) Buy him a bureaucratic appointment.
(d) Send him to school.

4. How does Kanigel describe Ramanujan's relationship with his wife?
(a) Friendly.
(b) Hostile.
(c) Almost non-existent.
(d) Intimate.

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 odd.
(b) As frequently wrong.
(c) As flawless.
(d) As inconsistent.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Kanigel characterize Ramanujan's developing approach to math?

2. What does Kanigel say characterized Indian intellectuals' experience at Cambridge?

3. What did Ramanujan use as evidence of his credentials in interviews?

4. What was it that offended Ramanujan when he invited some friends to dinner?

5. How does Kanigel describe the skills Ramanujan got from 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics'?

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