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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ramanujan's Spring.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Ramanujan use as evidence of his credentials in interviews?
(a) Falsified diplomas.
(b) His math notebooks.
(c) His resume.
(d) His letters of reference.

2. Based on his letter, what was Hardy trying to determine about Ramanujan?
(a) Whether he was a crank.
(b) Who his teachers had been.
(c) Where he was from.
(d) How he had devised his theories.

3. Why was Ramanujan's scholarship changed?
(a) Because of his womanizing.
(b) Because of his rowdy behavior.
(c) Because he neglected his studies aside from math.
(d) Because of his progress in all his fields.

4. How does Kanigel say Ramanujan passed his time on the ship?
(a) Reading novels.
(b) Working feverishly.
(c) Sick.
(d) Playing games.

5. How does Kanigel characterize Ramanujan's solutions to the math problems in 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics'?
(a) As flawless.
(b) As inconsistent.
(c) As frequently wrong.
(d) As odd.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was proved correct in Ramanujan's work from this time?

2. Who was Komalatammal?

3. What did the divergent series 1+2+3+4+5... add up to in Ramanujan's notebooks?

4. What does Kanigel say people appreciated about Hardy?

5. Where did Hardy get his secondary education?

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