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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. What do many patients notice about the pain they might feel when they are experiencing a migraine?
(a) It's spotty.
(b) It's dull.
(c) It's always on one side.
(d) It doesn't go away.

2. The 53-year-old woman who is studied in this section reports a feeling of ______ right before the onset of her migraine.
(a) Well being.
(b) Grief.
(c) Rage.
(d) Sadness.

3. Symptomatic drugs include _________, according to the treatment methods and history of Sacks.
(a) Analgesics.
(b) Downers.
(c) Uppers.
(d) Herbal drugs.

4. Migraines may very well take on the particular aspects of the ________ though it may never be clear what prompts the unit as a whole.
(a) Home.
(b) Sufferer.
(c) Life.
(d) Pain.

5. Poor or unusual _______ conditions have also been blamed for migraines though that might only be a part of the issue.
(a) Weather.
(b) Living.
(c) Family.
(d) Food.

Short Answer Questions

1. The ________ who was restricted from normal social activities might be suffering from migraines as a result of depression.

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

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

4. To deny a migraine sufferer the use of ___________ would be cruel, according to Sacks in this book.

5. What is caused by the arterial pulses and pressure on the affected artery can help during a migraine?

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