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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Ramanujan publish his first journal article?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1913.
(d) 1911.

2. What was uncommon about Ramanujan's physique?
(a) He had a humpback.
(b) He had six fingers on each hand.
(c) He was overweight.
(d) He had a limp.

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

4. What is 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics' composed of?
(a) A doctoral dissertation.
(b) A lifetime's work.
(c) Tutoring notes.
(d) Math problems.

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

6. How old was the wife Ramanujan's parents found?
(a) 11.
(b) 15.
(c) 9.
(d) 13.

7. How does Kanigel describe life in Ramanujan's hometown?
(a) Crushing poverty was the norm.
(b) People had every luxury.
(c) A middle class was just emerging.
(d) Childhood illness and death were common.

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(c) It was withdrawn.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

9. How does Kanigel characterize Ramanujan's tutoring?
(a) Inspired.
(b) Incoherent.
(c) Unhelpful.
(d) Effective.

10. What were the Tripos?
(a) Written exams.
(b) Physical evaluations.
(c) A secret society.
(d) Oral exams.

11. What did parents see when they looked at Ramanujan as a prospective husband?
(a) A well-connected man.
(b) A criminal.
(c) A genius.
(d) An unemployed man.

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

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

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Ramanujan late for his wedding?

2. Where did graduates from Hardy's secondary school typically go to college?

3. What distinguished Ramanujan's class?

4. Who are the Apostles?

5. How does Kanigel describe education at Hardy's college?

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