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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 the value of Ramanujan's discovery?
(a) It revised several major mathematic theorems.
(b) It has yet to be disproved.
(c) It predicts the behavior of certain celestial bodies.
(d) It is still used today.

2. How does Kanigel describe Ramanujan when he returned to India?
(a) Sullen.
(b) Spirited.
(c) Devout.
(d) Friendly.

3. What did Ramanujan work out in his research on constants?
(a) A new use for Euler's constant.
(b) A solution to pi.
(c) An approximation of pi.
(d) A foundation for Euler's constant.

4. What did Hardy and Neville nominate Ramanujan to become?
(a) A graduate student at Trinity.
(b) A fellow at Trinity College.
(c) A dean at Oriel College.
(d) A teacher at King's College.

5. Based on his letter, what was Hardy trying to determine about Ramanujan?
(a) Where he was from.
(b) Whether he was a crank.
(c) Who his teachers had been.
(d) How he had devised his theories.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did the trip from India to England take?

2. Who met Ramanujan in England?

3. How does Kanigel say Ramanujan passed his time on the ship?

4. To what extent does Kanigel say Ramanujan blended in with Cambridge society?

5. Where did Ramanujan move to?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was Ramanujan's relationship with Cambridge after he left for India?

3. What did Ramanujan write to Hardy?

4. Where did Ramanujan go when he reached England?

5. What problems did Ramanujan have on account of his Indian cultural practices?

6. Describe Ramanujan's trip to England.

7. What accolades did Ramanujan receive for his work?

8. What did Ramanujan discover when P. C. Mahalanobis read him a puzzle one evening?

9. What cultural practices did Ramanujan hold on to from India?

10. What was Ramanujan's response when Hardy asked him for proofs?

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