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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 were Ramanujan's parents getting impatient with?

2. Why was Ramanujan's scholarship changed?

3. How does Kanigel describe Ramanujan as a potential husband?

4. How does Kanigel characterize Ramanujan's solutions to the math problems in 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics'?

5. Which person was NOT in the Bloomsbury Group?

Short Essay Questions

1. What led to Ramanujan getting married?

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

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

4. What work did Ramanujan eventually find?

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

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

7. Describe the importance of 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics' in Ramanujan's life.

8. Who were the Apostles?

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

10. Why did Ramanujan's parents have a hard time finding a wife for him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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