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He also felt a special interest in a fellow student, Mileva Marie, whom he found to be a “clever creature”. This young Serb had come to Switzerland because the University in Zurich was one of the few in Europe where women could get degrees. Einstein ...

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Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:

He also felt a special interest in a fellow student, Mileva Marie, whom he found to be a “clever creature”. This young Serb had come to Switzerland because the University in Zurich was one of the few in Europe where women could get degrees. Einstein saw in her an ally against the “philistines”- those people in his family and at the university with whom he was constantly at odds.

1. Who is “clever creature” and “young Serb” in the passage?

2. Why did the young Serb come to Switzerland?

3. What was the attitude of Einstein towards the young Serb? 

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1. Mileva Marie, a fellow student with Einstein is referred to as a “clever creature” and “young serb”.

2. The young serb had come to Switzerland because the university in Zurich was one of the few in Europe where women could get degrees.

3. Einstein was attracted to her and he wanted to join her.

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