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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. What does Kanigel say Ramanujan disliked as a child?

2. Which god was Ramanujan's family devoted to?

3. Who comprised the Apostles?

4. What was the significance of Erode in Ramanujan's family?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Ramanujan's wedding ceremony.

3. Who were the Apostles?

4. What was Hardy's experience at Winchester?

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

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

7. How did marriage change Ramanujan's life?

8. What practices did Ramanujan follow as a result of his religion?

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

10. What led to Ramanujan getting married?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ramanujan once ran away from home. Describe his relationship with his family, and the running-away temperament: what was he running to? Cite another time when he 'ran away' from things? Did he ever have a feeling of arrival in a place that redeemed the problems with his family or immediate environment?

Essay Topic 2

How English did Ramanujan become after he went to England? How Indian was he when he returned to India?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the importance of money and class status in Ramanujan's life. Was it important, or incidental? Where did he run into difficulties, or challenges, because of money? How did he solve them?

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