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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 proposes that a person who seems to be _______ may also be trying to be self destructive to their body and minds.
(a) Terrified.
(b) Avoidant.
(c) Accident prone.
(d) In pain a lot.

2. Sacks points out that some migraines tend to present themselves as a ________, from the earliest signs to the aftereffects.
(a) Condition.
(b) Package.
(c) Unit.
(d) Syndrome.

3. One woman who kept a diary of her life around her migraines found that skipping her ___________ led to the incident of a migraine.
(a) Period.
(b) Tea.
(c) Breakfast.
(d) Exercise.

4. The intensity of the pain of a migraine is directly related to the dilation of the _________ arteries in the head, according to research.
(a) Jugular.
(b) Extracranial.
(c) Femoral.
(d) Superficial.

5. One patient believes there are small _________ in the room with him, even when there are not.
(a) Children.
(b) Mice.
(c) Monsters.
(d) Indians.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sacks discusses the way that ________ can change in people who are in the middle of a migraine attack.

2. In Sacks' mind, there is no reason to believe that ________ do not suffer from migraines as well, according to his logic.

3. Sacks points out that there is a tendency to _________ migraine sufferers in literature and in descriptions.

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

5. There is a tendency in migraines to have __________ connections, according to the findings of Sacks.

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