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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Physicians often doubled as what profession?
(a) Newspaper Editor
(b) Judge
(c) Justice of the Peace
(d) Lawyer

2. Premarital sex in 18th century New England is considered to be ______________.
(a) Normal
(b) A crime
(c) Expected
(d) Rare

3. Where did Martha stay after the murders?
(a) With Martha and Ephraim
(b) With Jonathan and Sally
(c) With the Fosters
(d) With the Densmores

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

5. Who committed a murder/suicide on July 9, 1806?
(a) Reverend Foster
(b) Captain Purrinton
(c) Dr. Densmore
(d) Dr. Page

Short Answer Questions

1. What term did Martha use for a woman in labor?

2. What was the death rate in Martha's town between the years of 1785 and 1790?

3. Why is Ephraim arrested?

4. What is the state of Martha's accounts at this point?

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

(see the answer key)

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