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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Ramanujan do while he waited for his wife?
(a) Live with his parents.
(b) Take a job in Madras.
(c) Travel South India.
(d) Travel through Asia.

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

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

4. What did Ramanujan contract from a mosquito-borne disease?
(a) Fevers.
(b) A limp.
(c) Swelling in his scrotum.
(d) Partial deafness.

5. What did Hardy dislike about his secondary education?
(a) Emphasis on grades.
(b) Competitiveness.
(c) Rigid discipline.
(d) Cricket.

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

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(a) It was withdrawn.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

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

9. What class was Ramanujan raised in?
(a) Pancha-Gauda Brahmin.
(b) Maharashtra Brahmin.
(c) Shaivite Brahmin.
(d) Pancha-Dravida Brahmin.

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

11. How does Kanigel describe Ramanujan as a potential husband?
(a) Appealing.
(b) Uninteresting.
(c) Frightful.
(d) Undesirable.

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

13. Where did Ramanujan eventually find work?
(a) The British Indian Civil Service.
(b) He worked for his patron.
(c) His college.
(d) A high school.

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

15. Which god was Ramanujan's family devoted to?
(a) Shakti.
(b) Vishnu.
(c) Shiva.
(d) Ganesha.

Short Answer Questions

1. What contributed to Ramanujan's status as a potential husband?

2. What does Kanigel say Ramanujan did at age 17?

3. What did Ramanujan use as evidence of his credentials in interviews?

4. What was Ramanujan like in school?

5. What was Ramanujan's religion?

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