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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. The central symptoms of a migraine are described as disorders of ________ in this book.
(a) Movement.
(b) Activity.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Arousal.

2. What is found in about one fourth of all patients who have migraine pains and other symptoms?
(a) Nausea.
(b) Nasal stuffiness.
(c) Fatigue.
(d) Tremors.

3. The need for the __________ mentality is more evident in the animal world because of the need for biological survival.
(a) No pain.
(b) Aggressive.
(c) Avoidant.
(d) Flight or flight.

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

5. Sacks points out that some migraines tend to present themselves as a ________, from the earliest signs to the aftereffects.
(a) Condition.
(b) Unit.
(c) Syndrome.
(d) Package.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sacks points out that there is a tendency to _________ migraine sufferers in literature and in descriptions.

2. Throughout time, there have been theories about the contractions of _________ and how this might relate to migraines.

3. The fight or flight response is still present in _________, even if it seems to be less overt in the daily behaviors.

4. Some researchers actually believe that migraines make a person __________ to other diseases and to other conditions.

5. Sacks does think there may be a link between having ________ and cyclical vomiting as a child and migraines.

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