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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through In Somewhat Indifferent Health.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Kanigel say people appreciated about Hardy?
(a) His long lineage.
(b) His wealth and taste.
(c) His irreverent sense of humor.
(d) His youthful beauty.

3. Who gave Ramanujan money to study in Madras?
(a) His parents.
(b) His in-laws.
(c) A patron.
(d) A relative.

4. What does Kanigel say characterized Indian intellectuals' experience at Cambridge?
(a) Depression.
(b) Alienation.
(c) Disorientation.
(d) Frustration.

5. What did Ramanujan need to do now that he was married?
(a) Make money.
(b) Buy a house.
(c) Have children.
(d) Contribute to his in-laws' income.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where would Ramanujan's technique of solving math problems run into difficulty?

2. What other Indian thinker does Kanigel compare Ramanujan's experience with?

3. What did Ramanujan's parents do in response to their impatience?

4. What did Hardy decide after conferring with John Littlewood?

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

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