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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. Most patients, it seems, have an irresistible urge to _________ when they are suffering from a migraine, according to the studies in this book.
(a) Bang their head against the wall.
(b) Cry.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Die.

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

3. Unusual __________ occur in about one tenth of patients, according to the descriptions in the book.
(a) Colors.
(b) Bowel movements.
(c) Movements.
(d) Word patterns.

4. What did the man begin to use when he realized that sneezing might be able to relieve his migraine pain?
(a) Pepper.
(b) Snuff.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Baby powder.

5. There may also be changes in the levels of __________ which can be present in the aural symptom experience.
(a) Communication.
(b) Truthfulness.
(c) Interaction.
(d) Consciousness.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. A person who is self destructive might desire self __________ so that he can continue to hurt himself.

3. The woman that the man thought he was talking to was _______, while it was actually his secretary.

4. There may also be changes in ________ as a result of an aura, according to Sacks in this section of the book.

5. The central symptoms of a migraine are described as disorders of ________ in this book.

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