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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What was Ramanujan's father's employment?
(a) Tradesman.
(b) Merchant.
(c) Low-level clerk.
(d) Priest.
2. What interrupted Ramanujan's wedding?
(a) A deranged woman.
(b) A fight.
(c) Objections from the girl's family.
(d) Drunken relatives.
3. What did Ramanujan attend at Pachaiyappas College?
(a) Biology classes.
(b) Math classes.
(c) Physics classes.
(d) Chemistry classes.
4. Where did Ramanujan's parents find a wife for him?
(a) A nearby village.
(b) Madras.
(c) Uttar Pradesh.
(d) An orphanage.
5. When did Ramanujan win a scholarship for his math skills?
(a) After high school.
(b) During high school.
(c) After college.
(d) After middle school.
6. What did Ramanujan do while he waited for his wife?
(a) Take a job in Madras.
(b) Live with his parents.
(c) Travel through Asia.
(d) Travel South India.
7. How does Kanigel describe life in Ramanujan's hometown?
(a) Crushing poverty was the norm.
(b) A middle class was just emerging.
(c) Childhood illness and death were common.
(d) People had every luxury.
8. What is the British term for what Americans call private high schools?
(a) Technical school.
(b) Finishing school.
(c) Public school.
(d) Private school.
9. What is 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics' composed of?
(a) A doctoral dissertation.
(b) A lifetime's work.
(c) Math problems.
(d) Tutoring notes.
10. What does Kanigel say 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics' is lacking?
(a) Formulas.
(b) Proofs.
(c) Translations.
(d) An answer key.
11. How does Kanigel characterize Ramanujan's solutions to the math problems in 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics'?
(a) As inconsistent.
(b) As odd.
(c) As frequently wrong.
(d) As flawless.
12. Where did graduates from Hardy's secondary school typically go to college?
(a) Linacre.
(b) University College.
(c) Trinity.
(d) New College.
13. What is a nested square root?
(a) An infinite series of square roots.
(b) The framework of assumptions within which a series of square roots resolves to a negative number.
(c) A series of square roots that resolve to prime numbers.
(d) A series of square roots of square roots.
14. Why did Hardy need to excel on the entrance exams for secondary education?
(a) He would have low status at school if his test scores were low.
(b) Admissions were extremely competitive.
(c) Testing was the sole criterion for admission.
(d) His family could not afford the best schools.
15. What did Ramanujan practice as part of his religion?
(a) Community service.
(b) Animal sacrifice.
(c) Vegetarianism.
(d) A year as a monk.
Short Answer Questions
1. When did Ramanujan publish his first journal article?
2. Where was Ramanujan's college located?
3. How long after the wedding would it take before Janaki joined Ramanujan?
4. When does Kanigel say Ramanujan got hold of 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics'?
5. Where did Ramanujan go when he was 17?
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