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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics' notable, according to Kanigel?
(a) The theorems do not have examples.
(b) There is no explanation to the problems.
(c) The problems do not have solutions.
(d) The dissertation does not have a conclusion.

2. What did Ramanujan attend at Pachaiyappas College?
(a) Chemistry classes.
(b) Physics classes.
(c) Biology classes.
(d) Math classes.

3. Who comprised the Apostles?
(a) Mathematicians.
(b) Practicing artists.
(c) Undergrads.
(d) Religious leaders.

4. Who are the Apostles?
(a) Disciples of Hardy's.
(b) Religious figures in Rome.
(c) A secret society at Cambridge.
(d) Artists.

5. Where did Ramanujan publish his first journal article?
(a) An Italian mathematics journal.
(b) An American mathematics journal.
(c) An Indian mathematics journal.
(d) An English mathematics journal.

6. What interrupted Ramanujan's wedding?
(a) A fight.
(b) Drunken relatives.
(c) Objections from the girl's family.
(d) A deranged woman.

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

8. What was Ramanujan's religion?
(a) Hindu.
(b) Confucian.
(c) Muslim.
(d) Tamil.

9. Where did Ramanujan's parents find a wife for him?
(a) An orphanage.
(b) Uttar Pradesh.
(c) Madras.
(d) A nearby village.

10. What energy does Kanigel say Ramanujan redirected into mathematics?
(a) Troublemaking.
(b) Religious devotion.
(c) Political restlessness.
(d) Sexual desire.

11. How does Kanigel describe Ramanujan's early temperament?
(a) Self-directed.
(b) Indistinct.
(c) Shy.
(d) Aggressive.

12. When does Kanigel say Ramanujan got hold of 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics'?
(a) At 13.
(b) At 16.
(c) At 19.
(d) At 10.

13. What did Ramanujan do while he waited for his wife?
(a) Travel South India.
(b) Live with his parents.
(c) Travel through Asia.
(d) Take a job in Madras.

14. Which god was Ramanujan's family devoted to?
(a) Ganesha.
(b) Shakti.
(c) Shiva.
(d) Vishnu.

15. What distinguished Ramanujan's class?
(a) Mercantilism.
(b) Hand work.
(c) The trades.
(d) Learning and religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Kanigel say Hardy saw himself, first and foremost?

2. When did the Tripos take place?

3. Who is Namagiri?

4. What did parents see when they looked at Ramanujan as a prospective husband?

5. What contributed to Ramanujan's status as a potential husband?

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