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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Kanigel say Ramanujan got hold of 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics'?
(a) At 16.
(b) At 10.
(c) At 13.
(d) At 19.

2. Who was G. H. Hardy?
(a) Ramanujan's Colorado-author.
(b) Ramanujan's boss.
(c) The mathematician who helped Ramanujan.
(d) Ramanujan's father-in-law.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Ramanujan like in school?

2. What did Ramanujan contract from a mosquito-borne disease?

3. What did Ramanujan practice as part of his religion?

4. Who is Namagiri?

5. How does Kanigel say Hardy saw himself, first and foremost?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics' consist of?

2. What was the Bloomsbury Group?

3. How did Ramanujan's interest change as he grew up?

4. What practices did Ramanujan follow as a result of his religion?

5. What led to Ramanujan getting married?

6. What is Shiva the god of?

7. Describe the importance of 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics' in Ramanujan's life.

8. Describe Ramanujan's experience at Kumbakonam's Government College.

9. What problems in Ramanujan's thinking came from his use of 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics'?

10. How was Ramanujan's health as a child?

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