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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Ten through Thirteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do many patients notice about the pain they might feel when they are experiencing a migraine?
(a) It's always on one side.
(b) It's spotty.
(c) It doesn't go away.
(d) It's dull.

2. A _________ migraine may be nothing more than a reaction to the rage that a patient is feeling, which can lead to pain.
(a) Classic.
(b) True.
(c) Rage.
(d) Expressive.

3. Sometimes leaps in ______ analysis are not able to give researchers clear and definitive answers.
(a) Generous.
(b) Pain.
(c) Data.
(d) Activity.

4. Sensory _________ is one of the categories of aural symptoms that the patient may experience.
(a) Hallucinations.
(b) Deprivation.
(c) Diminishment.
(d) Overload.

5. One case study of a man with headaches points out that he doesn't like to discuss his feelings of __________ as they are related to his migraines.
(a) Nervousness.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Anger.
(d) Excitement.

Short Answer Questions

1. One patient believes there are small _________ in the room with him, even when there are not.

2. Unusual __________ occur in about one tenth of patients, according to the descriptions in the book.

3. Sacks uses the analogy of ________ to try to explain what he means by the way that migraines are never typical.

4. Some patients will describe severe __________ as the main symptom of their migraine attack, leading to a different definition of migraine.

5. The intensity of pain of a migraine might be relieved by manual __________ of the arteries which are being affected.

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