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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Hardy get his secondary education?
(a) Winchester.
(b) St. Alban's.
(c) King's.
(d) Eton.

2. What makes 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics' notable, according to Kanigel?
(a) The dissertation does not have a conclusion.
(b) The problems do not have solutions.
(c) The theorems do not have examples.
(d) There is no explanation to the problems.

3. Where did Hardy attend college?
(a) Trinity.
(b) Oriel.
(c) Balliol.
(d) Linacre.

4. Who was G. H. Hardy?
(a) Ramanujan's Colorado-author.
(b) Ramanujan's boss.
(c) The mathematician who helped Ramanujan.
(d) Ramanujan's father-in-law.

5. How does Kanigel describe education at Hardy's college?
(a) Students took a ferocious load of classes.
(b) Students followed their own inclination in study.
(c) Students worked with tutors instead of taking classes.
(d) Students worked together to make presentations to tutors.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Ramanujan publish his first journal article?

2. What was Ramanujan's college's nickname?

3. Which person was NOT in the Bloomsbury Group?

4. What was G. H. Hardy's status in Britain?

5. Which god was Ramanujan's family devoted to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Ramanujan's parents have a hard time finding a wife for him?

2. How did Ramanujan's temperament reveal itself when he was a child?

3. What was the Bloomsbury Group?

4. Describe Ramanujan's wedding ceremony.

5. Describe the importance of 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics' in Ramanujan's life.

6. How was Ramanujan's first paper received?

7. What was Hardy's experience at Trinity College, Cambridge?

8. Describe Ramanujan's experience at Pachaiyappas College in Madras.

9. What does 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics' consist of?

10. Describe Ramanujan's place of birth.

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