View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Rebecca Foster accuse of raping her?
(a) Colonel North
(b) Henry Sewall
(c) Thomas Sewall
(d) James Franklin

2. Which of the following was not one of Martha's professions?
(a) Pharmacist
(b) Housewife
(c) Minister
(d) Physician

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

4. In what town are the Ballards living in 1787?
(a) Albany
(b) Boston
(c) Hallowell
(d) Halperin

5. Martha used her diary to _________________.
(a) complain about her husband
(b) unload her problems
(c) vent about emotional problems
(d) track her businesses

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the epidemic in the summer of 1787?

3. What was Martha always sure to include when she mentioned a man in her diary?

4. In what year does Martha start her diary?

5. Physicians often doubled as what profession?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Martha Ballard grow up and when did she marry her husband/

2. Explain how Martha's weaving business allowed for the overlapping of male and female roles in the Ballard household.

3. Explain why the summer of 1787 was very harrowing for the Ballard family.

4. How did Martha procure her medicines and what treatments did she advocate?

5. What was the opinion of Reverend Foster by the Calvinists in the town and whose was the principal voice among them?

6. What did Martha charge for delivering a baby?

7. What was the outcome of the Rebecca Foster rape case?

8. How did people perceive Martha in the community?

9. Explain the contentious relationship between Reverend Foster and Henry Sewall.

10. How has Martha's diary been perceived by historians?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 876 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample