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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. Severe _________ may also be the only symptom of a migraine, but it may also exist as an isolated symptom.
(a) Anger.
(b) Pain.
(c) Hunger.
(d) Drowsiness.

2. Sometimes leaps in ______ analysis are not able to give researchers clear and definitive answers.
(a) Pain.
(b) Generous.
(c) Activity.
(d) Data.

3. Some patients will describe severe __________ as the main symptom of their migraine attack, leading to a different definition of migraine.
(a) Head pain.
(b) Family troubles.
(c) Depression.
(d) Abdominal pain.

4. What is caused by the arterial pulses and pressure on the affected artery can help during a migraine?
(a) Heat.
(b) Throbbing.
(c) Rapid heartbeat.
(d) Anger.

5. Sacks is just not sure if ____________ or genetics are more of a cause for the migraines which seem to take place in families.
(a) Luck.
(b) Location.
(c) Hypochondria.
(d) Environment.

Short Answer Questions

1. Those who have ________ migraines are often those who are prone to blushing in their everyday lives.

2. What happens to Reymond every three to four weeks, according to the notes of Sacks in the beginning of this book?

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

4. ________ is a Chinese food additive which has been linked to many migraine cases, and in causing migraines throughout one's life.

5. Some hallucinations in migraine patients might give a person a sense of __________ for no apparent reason.

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