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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through October 1789.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Many New England tows were religiously divided between the strict ______________ and the liberals.
(a) Methodists
(b) Calvinists
(c) Baptists
(d) Catholics

2. What is the perception of midwives among those in authority?
(a) Fear
(b) Trust
(c) Skepticism
(d) Scorn

3. What did Martha use as purgatives?
(a) Marshmallow root
(b) Senna
(c) Licorice
(d) Henna

4. What happened to the man accused of raping Rebecca?
(a) He was acquitted
(b) He was exiled
(c) He was imprisoned
(d) He was hanged

5. Martha's medicines contained no more than _________ ingredients.
(a) three
(b) five
(c) ten
(d) four

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Reverend Isaac Foster?

2. Which of the following is not a way in which Martha would discuss a man in her diary?

3. Why was Martha able to keep her daughters at home for the majority of their young adult lives?

4. Which of the following was not one of Ephraim's professions?

5. What does Martha's diary provide to historians?

(see the answer key)

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