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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The English Chill.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Kanigel characterize Ramanujan's first paper?
(a) Exquisite.
(b) Detailed.
(c) Immaculate.
(d) Exciting but incomplete.

2. How does Kanigel describe Ramanujan as a potential husband?
(a) Frightful.
(b) Uninteresting.
(c) Appealing.
(d) Undesirable.

3. Who was G. H. Hardy?
(a) Ramanujan's Colorado-author.
(b) The mathematician who helped Ramanujan.
(c) Ramanujan's boss.
(d) Ramanujan's father-in-law.

4. How did Ramanujan see himself socially, according to Kanigel?
(a) As a mathematician.
(b) As a Brahmin.
(c) As a citizen.
(d) As a celebrity.

5. When did Ramanujan write to Hardy?
(a) 1920.
(b) 1909.
(c) 1916.
(d) 1913.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Neville?

2. What is a nested square root?

3. What did Hardy try to arrange after receiving Ramanujan's letter?

4. Who developed an exact solution to the question of partitions?

5. When did Ramanujan publish his first journal article?

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