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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 __________ of a migraine aura are something that are short lived, unlike those of an actual seizure, according to Sacks.
(a) Complexity.
(b) Aftereffects.
(c) Damage.
(d) Movement.

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

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

4. What happens to Reymond every three to four weeks, according to the notes of Sacks in the beginning of this book?
(a) A new pill.
(b) New patients.
(c) A new study.
(d) Migraines.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The central symptoms of a migraine are described as disorders of ________ in this book.

2. Some people, when having a migraine, might feel a distorted sense of familiarity or _____________.

3. Sacks says there is no way to predict every stage of a migraine as the migraine is, by definition, __________ in nature.

4. There may also be changes in ________ as a result of an aura, according to Sacks in this section of the book.

5. Sacks pointed out that a woman's hair turned __________ on one side, the side where she would have her headaches.

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