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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. Where is the physicist du Bois Reymond from, according to the descriptions in this manuscript?
(a) Hungary.
(b) Spain.
(c) Germany.
(d) Austria.

2. What might alleviate the pain of a migraine in some patients, while this might also make the pain more severe for some patients?
(a) Vomiting.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Running.
(d) Laughing.

3. Some people will continue on with their lives during a migraine, though they will still contend with __________ at some point.
(a) Pain.
(b) Lethargy.
(c) Annoyance.
(d) Immobility.

4. What might be a secondary factor of a migraine headache, causing even more pain and more tension?
(a) Medication.
(b) Family life.
(c) Tension headache.
(d) Stress.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do many patients notice about the pain they might feel when they are experiencing a migraine?

2. Most patients, it seems, have an irresistible urge to _________ when they are suffering from a migraine, according to the studies in this book.

3. What did the man begin to use when he realized that sneezing might be able to relieve his migraine pain?

4. Those who have ________ migraines are often those who are prone to blushing in their everyday lives.

5. Finally, there may be disorders of perception, __________, and memory during the course of aural symptoms.

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