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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Delivering babies was left primarily to whom?
(a) Midwives
(b) Nurses
(c) Doctors
(d) Husbands

2. Which social and economic class had more out-of-wedlock births?
(a) Each class had an equal share
(b) The middle class
(c) The upper class
(d) The lower class

3. What happens to Jonathan Ballard during his employment with Peter Jones at the mill?
(a) He was promoted
(b) He was terminated
(c) He bought the business
(d) He was injured

4. How are 18th century weddings described?
(a) Big events
(b) Extremely reserved
(c) Over the top
(d) Conservative

5. What term did Martha use for a woman in labor?
(a) Expectant
(b) Writhing
(c) Unwell
(d) Tormented

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens to Ephraim's mill in 1787?

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

4. Martha strongly believed in _____________ to make her patients feel better.

5. Martha's diary entries did not follow the same tone as other midwives from ________________.

(see the answer key)

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