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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did families NOT look for wives for their sons in India in Ramanujan's time?

2. When did Ramanujan begin to speak?

3. What happened to Ramanujan's scholarship?

4. What was Ramanujan's religion?

5. Where did Ramanujan's parents find a wife for him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Ramanujan go about looking for work?

2. What happened after Ramanujan left Pachaiyappas College?

3. Describe Ramanujan's wedding ceremony.

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

5. How did Ramanujan's interest change as he grew up?

6. How did marriage change Ramanujan's life?

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

8. How was Ramanujan's health as a child?

9. Describe Ramanujan's experience at Kumbakonam's Government College.

10. What was the Bloomsbury Group?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the importance of illness and bad health on Ramanujan's life. How did it shape his personality and his intellect? How did it weaken him? How did it strengthen him?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the influence of education systems on Ramanujan's life. How much is he defined by the systems from which he came? How is he defined by other influences?

Essay Topic 3

Having reached a degree of fame, Ramanujan attempted suicide because he could not solve all the problems around him. Why was Ramanujan incapable of handling this inevitable limitation? Where else in his life were his needs far beyond the realm of what was possible?

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