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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. Migraines might also have some specific _________ in one's life, according to Sacks, filling a role the patient needs it to fill.
(a) Peace.
(b) Movement.
(c) Purpose.
(d) Energy.

2. What tends to increase over the course of an experience of a migraine headache?
(a) Pain.
(b) Hallucinations.
(c) Nausea.
(d) Fatigue.

3. The general rule for __________ is that they are present early in life and then they tend to taper off in time.
(a) Seizures.
(b) Tremors.
(c) Migraines.
(d) Motion sickness bouts.

4. The _________ migraine is one that comes to light when a patient is highly emotional and tends toward intense rage.
(a) Movement.
(b) Outward.
(c) Activity.
(d) Aggressive.

5. What is found in about one fourth of all patients who have migraine pains and other symptoms?
(a) Tremors.
(b) Fatigue.
(c) Nausea.
(d) Nasal stuffiness.

Short Answer Questions

1. There is substantial evidence that there may be a _______________ between migraines and those who suffer from epileptic seizures.

2. _______ are unable to express pain, so Sacks says they are not useful in terms of studying migraines and how they affect the body.

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

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

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

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