B. Answer the questions briefly.
1. What was Maryam's reputation among mathematicians?
2. What did Maryam dream of becoming as a child?
3. Write about the family Maryam grew up in.
4. How did Maryam discover her love for mathematics?
5. How was her life in Sharif University?
6. Talk about the differences between the mathematical education in Iran and in the US.
7. What challenges did the mathematician face when she entered Harvard?
8. Why was Maryam fascinated by Curt McMullen?
9. According to Maryam, what was the most rewarding part in doing mathematics?
10. How did the Clay Fellowship help Maryam?
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1. Maryam had a reputation among mathematicians for tackling the most difficult problems in her
field with dogged persistence.
2. As a child, Maryam dreamt of becoming a writer
3. Maryam grew up in a family with three siblings. She had supportive parents who encouraged their
children to have meaningful and satisfying professions.
4. Maryam and her friend Roya attended maths problem-solving classes at school and were selected
to be a part of the Iranian Maths Olympiad Team. She earned a gold medal as the Math Olympiad and
this led her to discover her love for Mathematics.
5. Maryam met many inspiring mathematicians and friends at Sharif University. She had problem-
solving sessions and informal reading groups with her classmates.
6. In Iran, students choose their major before going to college. In the US, the major is decided after
the second year. In Iran, the admission to college is on the basis of a National Entrance Exam. In the
US, the admission is on the basis of exams like SAT and ACT, student scores in high school, and
evaluation of students’ statement of purpose and recommendation letter for the student by teachers.
7. In Harvard University, she had to learn many subjects, which most undergraduate students in the
US already knew.
8. Maryam was fascinated by Curt McMullen because he could make things simple and elegant.
9. For Maryam, the most rewarding part in doing mathematics was the excitement of discovery and
enjoyment of understanding something new. She called this the ‘Aha’ moment.
10. Clay Fellowship gave Maryam the freedom to think about harder problems, travel freely and talk
to other mathematicians.
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