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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 Ranging with Delight.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was uncommon about Ramanujan's physique?
(a) He had a limp.
(b) He was overweight.
(c) He had a humpback.
(d) He had six fingers on each hand.

2. Which god was Ramanujan's family devoted to?
(a) Ganesha.
(b) Shakti.
(c) Vishnu.
(d) Shiva.

3. What did Ramanujan's parents do in response to their impatience?
(a) Send him to school.
(b) Apprentice him to a designer.
(c) Buy him a bureaucratic appointment.
(d) Marry him off.

4. What does Kanigel say Ramanujan disliked as a child?
(a) Other children.
(b) Holidays.
(c) His family.
(d) Teachers.

5. What does Kanigel say Ramanujan learned from an old book?
(a) The theory of relativity.
(b) Algebra.
(c) Analytic trigonometry.
(d) Calculus.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Kanigel describe life in Ramanujan's hometown?

2. Where was Ramanujan born?

3. What distinguished Ramanujan's class?

4. When did Ramanujan begin to speak?

5. What was Ramanujan's caste?

(see the answer key)

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