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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through February 1801.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What marked the end of the "lying-in" period for a new mother?
(a) When one month had passed
(b) When the relatives went home
(c) When she could make her own bed
(d) When the baby was considered healthy

3. What is Isaac Foster's wife's name?
(a) Rebecca
(b) Ellen
(c) Martha
(d) Elizabeth

4. Who was expected to provide all the items for the newlyweds' new home?
(a) The groom's parents
(b) The groom
(c) The bride and her parents
(d) The bride and groom

5. Which of Martha's daughters spun yarn for weaving and trading?
(a) Hannah and Daisy
(b) Hannah and Dolly
(c) Hannah and Molly
(d) Molly and Ellen

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Young midwives are __________________ by the doctors in the area.

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

4. What did Martha use as purgatives?

5. Physicians often doubled as what profession?

(see the answer key)

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