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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. How does Kanigel describe Ramanujan's relationship with his wife?
(a) Friendly.
(b) Almost non-existent.
(c) Hostile.
(d) Intimate.

2. When did Ramanujan write to Hardy?
(a) 1909.
(b) 1916.
(c) 1913.
(d) 1920.

3. Who was absent from the dock when Ramanujan's ship came in?
(a) His wife.
(b) His friends.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

4. How long did the trip from India to England take?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) A month.
(c) Two months.
(d) Six weeks.

5. What did Hardy decide after conferring with John Littlewood?
(a) That Ramanujan was a genius.
(b) That Ramanujan was dangerous.
(c) That Ramanujan was unstable.
(d) That Ramanujan was a small thinker.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ramanujan say he was willing to do in order to come to England?

2. What did Hardy try to arrange after receiving Ramanujan's letter?

3. How does Kanigel describe John Littlewood?

4. When did Ramanujan die?

5. What was it that offended Ramanujan when he invited some friends to dinner?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Ramanujan and Hardy's work on partitions.

2. In what way was Ramanujan's experience of England similar to Ghandi's?

3. How much did Ramanujan's bride share in his mathematical life?

4. What did Hardy do with Ramanujan's letter?

5. What problem kept Ramanujan from coming to England, as Hardy hoped he would?

6. What was Ramanujan's Master Theorem intended to do?

7. What accolades did Ramanujan receive for his work?

8. What was Ramanujan's condition when he returned to India?

9. What was Ramanujan's interest in pi?

10. How was Ramanujan treated on his return to India?

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