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Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Kanigel describe life in Ramanujan's hometown?
(a) Childhood illness and death were common.
(b) A middle class was just emerging.
(c) People had every luxury.
(d) Crushing poverty was the norm.

3. When would Ramanujan and his wife consummate their marriage?
(a) As soon as she was chosen.
(b) Never--they were pledged to be chaste.
(c) When she was older.
(d) It would depend on Ramanujan's career.

4. What was Ramanujan's family's status?
(a) Poor.
(b) Not very rich.
(c) Impoverished.
(d) Wealthy.

5. What energy does Kanigel say Ramanujan redirected into mathematics?
(a) Troublemaking.
(b) Religious devotion.
(c) Political restlessness.
(d) Sexual desire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Ramanujan's college located?

2. What does Kanigel say Ramanujan did at age 17?

3. How does Kanigel characterize Ramanujan's solutions to the math problems in 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics'?

4. For how long would Ramanujan's condition persist?

5. What did Ramanujan attend at Pachaiyappas College?

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