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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. What was a normal occurrence during courtship?
(a) pre-marital sex
(b) having picnics
(c) going to church
(d) going dancing

2. Martha's training was _________________________.
(a) literary and experimental
(b) traditional and experimental
(c) manual and experimental
(d) traditional and manual

3. In what year was Martha Ballard born?
(a) 1776
(b) 1735
(c) 1800
(d) 1753

4. What is the state of Martha's accounts at this point?
(a) Broke
(b) Meager
(c) Healthy
(d) Could be better

5. What was the relationship between doctors and midwives during this period?
(a) Skeptical
(b) Nonexistent
(c) Hostile
(d) Amicable

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Martha deep much of her accounting?

2. What did Dr. Page not understand?

3. How many people died during the epidemic in 1787?

4. Who is Dr. Page?

5. To what state do Martha and Ephraim move with their family?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is so amazing about Martha's diary and why do some people speculate that she began writing it?

3. Explain how courtship and marriage during Martha's life were very different from popular perception of the time period.

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. During what years did Martha keep her diary?

7. Which of Martha's relatives were married by 1792?

8. In general, how was the business in the community divided between men and women?

9. Both Ephraim and Martha had businesses to manage. How were their approaches to business different?

10. What is the occupation of Martha's husband, Ephraim?

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