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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through December 1793.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what town was Martha Ballard born?
(a) Oxford, England
(b) Oxford, Mississippi
(c) Oxford, Massachusetts
(d) Oxford, Ohio

2. Physicians often doubled as what profession?
(a) Judge
(b) Newspaper Editor
(c) Justice of the Peace
(d) Lawyer

3. Premarital sex in 18th century New England is considered to be ______________.
(a) Expected
(b) Normal
(c) Rare
(d) A crime

4. Which of the following is not a way in which Martha would discuss a man in her diary?
(a) Business
(b) Friend
(c) Legal
(d) Intimate

5. How many children does Martha deliver in her lifetime?
(a) 503
(b) 192
(c) 50
(d) 816

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not a product for which Martha used herbs?

2. Many New England tows were religiously divided between the strict ______________ and the liberals.

3. Why does Martha think Dr. Page will not be successful?

4. How long had the Ballards been living at John Jones Mill?

5. Who is Reverend Isaac Foster?

(see the answer key)

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