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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 describe English society from Ramanujan's point-of-view?
(a) Rarefied.
(b) Malicious.
(c) Effete.
(d) Homogenous.

2. What did Hardy and his friends arrange for Ramanujan?
(a) A research position.
(b) A teaching position.
(c) A bureaucratic appointment.
(d) A sinecure.

3. What aspect of the English does Kanigel say affected Ramanujan?
(a) Affected coldness.
(b) Chauvinism.
(c) Intellectual rigor.
(d) Nationalism.

4. In his letter to Hardy, what was the importance of the thing Ramanujan claimed to have discovered?
(a) It was already common knowledge.
(b) It had been a mystery for years.
(c) No one under thirty had even tried it.
(d) It was just being discovered simultaneously at other math departments.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Ramanujan publish his first journal article?

2. What did Ramanujan's Master Theorem attempt to do?

3. What was proved incorrect in Ramanujan's work from this time?

4. What did parents see when they looked at Ramanujan as a prospective husband?

5. Why was Ramanujan late for his wedding?

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