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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 did Ramanujan need to do now that he was married?

3. How does Kanigel say Ramanujan would solve math problems?

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

5. What was Ramanujan like in school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What gods did Ramanujan's family worship?

2. How was Ramanujan's first paper received?

3. Describe Ramanujan's place of birth.

4. How did Ramanujan's temperament reveal itself when he was a child?

5. How did marriage change Ramanujan's life?

6. How did Ramanujan go about looking for work?

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

8. Describe Ramanujan's experience at Pachaiyappas College in Madras.

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

10. Describe Ramanujan's wedding ceremony.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the role of Ramanujan's wife in his life and career. How important was it for him to be married? Was he married to someone or something else besides his wife?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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