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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. 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) Sadness.
(c) Well being.
(d) Rage.

2. Some people will have troubles understanding __________ as a result of an aura which precedes a migraine.
(a) Language.
(b) Music.
(c) Movement.
(d) Decisions.

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

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

5. One woman was described as being ____________, though her symptoms were actually more a part of a migraine.
(a) Cancerous.
(b) Crazy.
(c) Normal.
(d) Menopausal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can be impossible when the pain of a migraine is intense, according to this book?

2. One man experienced a ________ sensation in his left foot during the course of a migraine.

3. Unusual __________ occur in about one tenth of patients, according to the descriptions in the book.

4. A precordial migraine is one in which _________ pain is the only symptom of the migraine attack, according to Sacks.

5. Severe _________ may also be the only symptom of a migraine, but it may also exist as an isolated symptom.

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