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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters One and Two.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sometimes the feeling of _________ is reported during the experience of a migraine, in some patients.
(a) Rage.
(b) Anger.
(c) Terror.
(d) Flushing.

2. What happens to Reymond every three to four weeks, according to the notes of Sacks in the beginning of this book?
(a) A new study.
(b) Migraines.
(c) New patients.
(d) A new pill.

3. Some people will continue on with their lives during a migraine, though they will still contend with __________ at some point.
(a) Annoyance.
(b) Pain.
(c) Immobility.
(d) Lethargy.

4. What can be impossible when the pain of a migraine is intense, according to this book?
(a) Speaking.
(b) Eating.
(c) Activity.
(d) Reading.

5. Most patients, it seems, have an irresistible urge to _________ when they are suffering from a migraine, according to the studies in this book.
(a) Bang their head against the wall.
(b) Die.
(c) Cry.
(d) Sleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sacks pointed out that a woman's hair turned __________ on one side, the side where she would have her headaches.

2. Severe _________ may also be the only symptom of a migraine, but it may also exist as an isolated symptom.

3. Where is the physicist du Bois Reymond from, according to the descriptions in this manuscript?

4. The 53-year-old woman who is studied in this section reports a feeling of ______ right before the onset of her migraine.

5. What is always present to some degree, even if it varies from one migraine case to another?

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