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

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

3. Where was Ramanujan's college located?
(a) Delhi.
(b) Cambridge.
(c) A small town.
(d) Madras.

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

5. How does Kanigel say Hardy saw himself, first and foremost?
(a) As a religious leader.
(b) As a prophet.
(c) As a mathematician.
(d) As an artist.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Kanigel describe the skills Ramanujan got from 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics'?

2. How does Kanigel characterize Ramanujan's solutions to the math problems in 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics'?

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

4. How old was the wife Ramanujan's parents found?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Ramanujan's place of birth.

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

3. What happened after Ramanujan left Pachaiyappas College?

4. How did Ramanujan's temperament reveal itself when he was a child?

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

6. What is Shiva the god of?

7. How was it that Ramanujan would solve math problems without seeing the logic that dictated the development and solutions to problems?

8. How was Ramanujan's first paper received?

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

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

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