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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through April 1806.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why was Martha able to keep her daughters at home for the majority of their young adult lives?
(a) She had enough money from her two businesses
(b) She would not let them marry
(c) She asked them to stay
(d) She demanded that they stay

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

4. How long did brides remain with their parents after the marriage?
(a) 1 month
(b) 6 months
(c) 1 year
(d) 2 months

5. Martha's diary was once included in a book about the history of which city?
(a) Augusta, Georgia
(b) Albany, New York
(c) Portland, Maine
(d) Augusta, Maine

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of his children did the answer to #148 kill?

2. What was the relationship between doctors and midwives during this period?

3. Why does Martha become increasingly dependent on Jonathan?

4. What business did women handle during Martha's lifetime?

5. Why does Dr. Page become a problem for Martha?

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