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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. Sacks believes that a single _________ or series of them might actually drive the entire migraine episode.
(a) Symptom.
(b) Food.
(c) Episode.
(d) Medication.

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

3. The 53-year-old woman who is studied in this section reports a feeling of ______ right before the onset of her migraine.
(a) Well being.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Rage.
(d) Grief.

4. Migraines and seizures are linked on both a _________ and genetic basis, according to Sacks in this book.
(a) Food.
(b) Hydration.
(c) Constitutional.
(d) Wine.

5. What can be impossible when the pain of a migraine is intense, according to this book?
(a) Eating.
(b) Speaking.
(c) Reading.
(d) Activity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Some people will have troubles understanding __________ as a result of an aura which precedes a migraine.

2. The man who always _______ to end his migraine attacks had to find a new way of relieving his pain.

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

4. The woman then began to feel an irresistible urge to _________, which then served as a warning for her migraines.

5. The intensity of the pain of a migraine is directly related to the dilation of the _________ arteries in the head, according to research.

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