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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 is caused by the arterial pulses and pressure on the affected artery can help during a migraine?
(a) Anger.
(b) Throbbing.
(c) Rapid heartbeat.
(d) Heat.

2. Sacks pointed out that a woman's hair turned __________ on one side, the side where she would have her headaches.
(a) White.
(b) Gray.
(c) Black.
(d) Brown.

3. There are other hallucinations in which _________ may appear to be bigger or smaller than they actually are.
(a) Thoughts.
(b) Movements.
(c) Colors.
(d) Objects.

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

5. What does the answer to #31 typically precede, according to previous case studies in Sacks' research?
(a) Epileptic seizures.
(b) Surgeries.
(c) Heart attacks.
(d) Cancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT one of the things that are listed in the possible visual sensory hallucinations that one might experience?

2. Changes in the sensory __________ are another possible part of the aural symptoms, according to Sacks.

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

4. One woman was described as being ____________, though her symptoms were actually more a part of a migraine.

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

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