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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 was the doctor's prescription for Ramanujan's condition?

2. What did Ramanujan discover when his friend Mahalanobis read a puzzle from the paper?

3. What conflict did Ramanujan return to?

4. What is the state of Ramanujan's work now?

5. How was Ramanujan treated on his return?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Ramanujan's decline like, and death?

2. Describe the decline of Ramanujan's health.

3. What problems did Ramanujan have on account of his Indian cultural practices?

4. What problem kept Ramanujan from coming to England, as Hardy hoped he would?

5. What was Ramanujan's condition when he returned to India?

6. What was Ramanujan's Master Theorem intended to do?

7. What was Ramanujan's interest in pi?

8. What cultural practices did Ramanujan hold on to from India?

9. What accolades did Ramanujan receive for his work?

10. How was Ramanujan treated on his return to India?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a character sketch of the author based on his handling of the material in Ramanujan's life. What are the author's values like? What evidence do you have for them?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Ramanujan's life and Hardy's. How are they similar? How are they different? What did they offer each other? Was Ramanujan truly Hardy's greatest accomplishment? Does that make Ramanujan's depression, suicide attempt and death Hardy's greatest failure?

Essay Topic 3

Ramanujan was never a teacher, just a theoretical mathematician. Describe the role of researcher and evaluate its benefit to Ramanujan: was it good for him? Would he have been happy or miserable as a teacher?

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