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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. When ________ happens and it is not followed by a headache, it can be confusing and misinterpreted by the person experiencing it.
(a) An aura.
(b) A pain.
(c) A dream.
(d) Nausea.

2. The woman that the man thought he was talking to was _______, while it was actually his secretary.
(a) His boss.
(b) His mother.
(c) His brother.
(d) His wife.

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

4. The man who always _______ to end his migraine attacks had to find a new way of relieving his pain.
(a) Walked.
(b) Ate.
(c) Vomited.
(d) Cried.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the physicist du Bois Reymond from, according to the descriptions in this manuscript?

2. What tends to increase over the course of an experience of a migraine headache?

3. What does the answer to #31 typically precede, according to previous case studies in Sacks' research?

4. The 53-year-old woman who is studied in this section reports a feeling of ______ right before the onset of her migraine.

5. What might alleviate the pain of a migraine in some patients, while this might also make the pain more severe for some patients?

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