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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Fourteen through Sixteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sacks points out that there is a tendency to _________ migraine sufferers in literature and in descriptions.
(a) Ignore.
(b) Avoid.
(c) Criticize.
(d) Romanticize.

2. The _________ of a person who is suffering from a migraine becomes an important part of the study of migraines, according to Sacks.
(a) Family.
(b) Mannerisms.
(c) Lifestyle.
(d) Behavior.

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

4. An herbal remedy that Sacks has sometimes prescribed in order to treat migraines includes __________.
(a) Belladonna.
(b) Lavender.
(c) Kava.
(d) Valerian.

5. Sacks believes that a single _________ or series of them might actually drive the entire migraine episode.
(a) Symptom.
(b) Episode.
(c) Medication.
(d) Food.

Short Answer Questions

1. The man who always _______ to end his migraine attacks had to find a new way of relieving his pain.

2. Sacks says that people with fewer than ________ events per year is in need of less extensive interviews than others.

3. Migraines might also have some specific _________ in one's life, according to Sacks, filling a role the patient needs it to fill.

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

5. Sacks proposes that a person who seems to be _______ may also be trying to be self destructive to their body and minds.

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