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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What did Ramanujan need to do now that he was married?
(a) Have children.
(b) Contribute to his in-laws' income.
(c) Buy a house.
(d) Make money.

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

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

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

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

9. What was G. H. Hardy's status in Britain?
(a) Dean of Cambridge.
(b) Head of a secret society in London.
(c) Religious leader.
(d) Preeminent mathematician.

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

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

12. Who gave Ramanujan money to study in Madras?
(a) His parents.
(b) A relative.
(c) A patron.
(d) His in-laws.

13. How does Kanigel characterize Ramanujan's solutions to the math problems in 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics'?
(a) As flawless.
(b) As odd.
(c) As frequently wrong.
(d) As inconsistent.

14. What did Ramanujan's parents do in response to their impatience?
(a) Apprentice him to a designer.
(b) Send him to school.
(c) Marry him off.
(d) Buy him a bureaucratic appointment.

15. Where did graduates from Hardy's secondary school typically go to college?
(a) University College.
(b) Trinity.
(c) New College.
(d) Linacre.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Namagiri?

2. How long after the wedding would it take before Janaki joined Ramanujan?

3. How does Kanigel describe Hardy?

4. Where did Hardy attend college?

5. What was Ramanujan like in school?

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