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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. Who are the Apostles?

2. What happened to Ramanujan's scholarship?

3. What did Ramanujan practice as part of his religion?

4. How does Kanigel describe Ramanujan's youth?

5. Why did Hardy need to excel on the entrance exams for secondary education?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did marriage change Ramanujan's life?

4. What happened after Ramanujan left Pachaiyappas College?

5. What was the Bloomsbury Group?

6. What led to Ramanujan getting married?

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

8. What was Hardy's experience at Trinity College, Cambridge?

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

10. How was Ramanujan's first paper received?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What were the two or three most influential influences in forming Ramanujan's character. What were the two or three most influential conflicts or absences or desires in shaping Ramanujan's character?

Essay Topic 2

What problems did Ramanujan have because of his schooling, and how did he overcome them? (i.e. what techniques did he use, and how successful was he?)

Essay Topic 3

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?

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