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

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

4. What was Ramanujan's family's status?
(a) Wealthy.
(b) Poor.
(c) Impoverished.
(d) Not very rich.

5. How does Kanigel describe the seriousness of Ramanujan's condition?
(a) Life-threatening.
(b) Not life-threatening but uncomfortable.
(c) Crippling.
(d) Debilitating.

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

7. Who are the Apostles?
(a) A secret society at Cambridge.
(b) Artists.
(c) Disciples of Hardy's.
(d) Religious figures in Rome.

8. What was Hardy's experience of secondary education like, according to Kanigel?
(a) He hated it.
(b) It transformed him into an upstanding citizen.
(c) He loved it.
(d) He passed through without distinction.

9. What was Ramanujan's caste?
(a) Kshatriyas.
(b) Vaishyas.
(c) Shudras.
(d) Brahmin.

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

11. Who comprised the Apostles?
(a) Mathematicians.
(b) Undergrads.
(c) Religious leaders.
(d) Practicing artists.

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

13. 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(a) It was withdrawn.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.

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

15. For how long would Ramanujan's condition persist?
(a) A few months.
(b) A few years.
(c) A few weeks.
(d) The rest of his life.