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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 energy does Kanigel say Ramanujan redirected into mathematics?
(a) Political restlessness.
(b) Sexual desire.
(c) Religious devotion.
(d) Troublemaking.

2. What did Ramanujan need to do now that he was married?
(a) Contribute to his in-laws' income.
(b) Make money.
(c) Have children.
(d) Buy a house.

3. What did Ramanujan practice as part of his religion?
(a) Vegetarianism.
(b) Community service.
(c) Animal sacrifice.
(d) A year as a monk.

4. What was Ramanujan's father's employment?
(a) Tradesman.
(b) Low-level clerk.
(c) Priest.
(d) Merchant.

5. Why was Ramanujan late for his wedding?
(a) He ran away and had to be caught.
(b) His train was held up.
(c) His parents had to argue him into getting married.
(d) He became sick.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Ramanujan's family's status?

2. What is 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics' composed of?

3. How does Kanigel describe Hardy?

4. Why did Ramanujan leave school?

5. What is the British term for what Americans call private high schools?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened after Ramanujan left Pachaiyappas College?

2. How did marriage change Ramanujan's life?

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

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

5. What is Shiva the god of?

6. What led to Ramanujan getting married?

7. How did Hardy explain the value of math to his family?

8. What gods did Ramanujan's family worship?

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

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

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