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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. The symptoms of a migraine, as described in this chapter, include a feeling of _______ as well as the classic symptoms of migraine which are present in this section.
(a) Anger.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Euphoria.
(d) Disorder.

2. A drug may need to be taken ________ if there is severe vomiting present during a migraine episode.
(a) Sublingually.
(b) Intravenously.
(c) Rectally.
(d) Orally.

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

4. What is usually violent and often relegated to just one side of the head when it is present?
(a) Sore throat.
(b) Tremors.
(c) Nausea.
(d) Headache.

5. There are a number of problems that are created by the myriad of _________ that a migraine might cause, according to Sacks.
(a) Outcomes.
(b) Tests.
(c) After effects.
(d) Symptoms.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The reaction to a migraine does not need to be uniquely _________, according to the way Sacks feels about the subject.

4. Sacks is just not sure if ____________ or genetics are more of a cause for the migraines which seem to take place in families.

5. Sometimes auras can be so powerful so as to have the appearance of a __________ in some patients.

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