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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. Where did Hardy attend college?
(a) Balliol.
(b) Linacre.
(c) Oriel.
(d) Trinity.

2. How does Kanigel describe education at Hardy's college?
(a) Students took a ferocious load of classes.
(b) Students worked together to make presentations to tutors.
(c) Students worked with tutors instead of taking classes.
(d) Students followed their own inclination in study.

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

4. How old was the wife Ramanujan's parents found?
(a) 9.
(b) 13.
(c) 11.
(d) 15.

5. How does Kanigel say Ramanujan would solve math problems?
(a) By turning values into variables.
(b) By solving one part at a time.
(c) By adding numbers to formulas.
(d) He would intuit the solution.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did graduates from Hardy's secondary school typically go to college?

2. How does Kanigel describe Ramanujan's early temperament?

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

4. Which god was Ramanujan's family devoted to?

5. Who is Namagiri?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Ramanujan's place of birth.

2. Why did Ramanujan's parents have a hard time finding a wife for him?

3. What was Hardy's experience at Trinity College, Cambridge?

4. What is Shiva the god of?

5. What happened after Ramanujan left Pachaiyappas College?

6. What led to Ramanujan getting married?

7. What happened after Ramanujan left Kumbakonam's Government College?

8. What was Hardy's experience at Winchester?

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

10. What was the subject of the challenge Ramanujan set and then resolved in his first paper?

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