The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius, Ramanujan Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Robert Kanigel
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The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius, Ramanujan Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What happened to Ramanujan's scholarship?
(a) It was withdrawn.
(b) It was jeopardized by Ramanujan's poor grades.
(c) It was renewed for four years.
(d) It was expanded to his graduate study.

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

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

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

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

8. What contributed to Ramanujan's status as a potential husband?
(a) He was handsome.
(b) He was wealthy.
(c) He was monomaniacally interested in math.
(d) He was fat.

9. What did Ramanujan practice as part of his religion?
(a) A year as a monk.
(b) Vegetarianism.
(c) Community service.
(d) Animal sacrifice.

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

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

12. What does Kanigel say Ramanujan learned from an old book?
(a) Analytic trigonometry.
(b) Algebra.
(c) The theory of relativity.
(d) Calculus.

13. What does Kanigel say people appreciated about Hardy?
(a) His irreverent sense of humor.
(b) His wealth and taste.
(c) His long lineage.
(d) His youthful beauty.

14. Why was Ramanujan's scholarship changed?
(a) Because he neglected his studies aside from math.
(b) Because of his womanizing.
(c) Because of his progress in all his fields.
(d) Because of his rowdy behavior.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Ramanujan's college's nickname?

2. What was the effect of Ramanujan's childhood smallpox?

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

4. Where did Ramanujan publish his first journal article?

5. How does Kanigel describe Ramanujan's early temperament?

(see the answer keys)

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