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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Three through Five.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What might alleviate the pain of a migraine in some patients, while this might also make the pain more severe for some patients?
(a) Vomiting.
(b) Laughing.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Running.

2. What tends to increase over the course of an experience of a migraine headache?
(a) Nausea.
(b) Pain.
(c) Fatigue.
(d) Hallucinations.

3. Finally, there may be disorders of perception, __________, and memory during the course of aural symptoms.
(a) Speech.
(b) Anger.
(c) Coloring.
(d) Movement.

4. _________ also seems to be related to migraines, though it is thought to not be causally related, according to most researchers.
(a) Genetic disturbances.
(b) Disabilities.
(c) Weight gain.
(d) Heart attacks.

5. Sacks discusses the way that ________ can change in people who are in the middle of a migraine attack.
(a) Ideas.
(b) Diseases.
(c) Moods.
(d) Thoughts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sometimes the feeling of _________ is reported during the experience of a migraine, in some patients.

2. How many areas of aural symptoms does Sacks point out to be the case for most patients?

3. Some doctors and researchers are concerned about the possibility of _______ as a result of migraines.

4. The 53-year-old woman who is studied in this section reports a feeling of ______ right before the onset of her migraine.

5. Sacks pointed out that a woman's hair turned __________ on one side, the side where she would have her headaches.

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