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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Ramanujan use as evidence of his credentials in interviews?
(a) His math notebooks.
(b) Falsified diplomas.
(c) His resume.
(d) His letters of reference.

2. How does Kanigel say Hardy saw himself, first and foremost?
(a) As a mathematician.
(b) As a prophet.
(c) As a religious leader.
(d) As an artist.

3. When did Ramanujan begin to speak?
(a) Eighteen months.
(b) Three years.
(c) Two years.
(d) One year.

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

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

6. What language did Ramanujan speak?
(a) English.
(b) Bengali.
(c) Hindi.
(d) Tamil.

7. What was the significance of Erode in Ramanujan's family?
(a) Where Ramanujan went to school.
(b) Where Ramanujan was buried.
(c) Ramanujan's mother's ancestral home.
(d) Ramanujan's hometown.

8. When was Ramanujan born?
(a) 1890.
(b) 1887.
(c) 1892.
(d) 1877.

9. What was Ramanujan's caste?
(a) Brahmin.
(b) Vaishyas.
(c) Kshatriyas.
(d) Shudras.

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

11. Who wrote 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics'?
(a) Frank Nelson Cole.
(b) William George Horner.
(c) Enrico Betti.
(d) George Carr.

12. Where did Ramanujan go when he was 17?
(a) Madras.
(b) Uttar Pradesh.
(c) Bengal.
(d) Delhi.

13. Who was N. Ramanujachariar?
(a) Ramanujan's math teacher.
(b) Ramanujan's rival.
(c) Ramanujan's roommate.
(d) Ramanujan's trainer.

14. How does Kanigel characterize Ramanujan's developing approach to math?
(a) Irreverent.
(b) Materialistic.
(c) Semi-religious.
(d) Pragmatic.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the Tripos?

2. Where did families NOT look for wives for their sons in India in Ramanujan's time?

3. Why was Ramanujan's scholarship changed?

4. What does Kanigel say 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics' is lacking?

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

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