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

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

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

4. Where is the physicist du Bois Reymond from, according to the descriptions in this manuscript?
(a) Hungary.
(b) Austria.
(c) Germany.
(d) Spain.

5. _________ also seems to be related to migraines, though it is thought to not be causally related, according to most researchers.
(a) Genetic disturbances.
(b) Heart attacks.
(c) Disabilities.
(d) Weight gain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What might be a secondary factor of a migraine headache, causing even more pain and more tension?

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

3. Sometimes the feeling of _________ is reported during the experience of a migraine, in some patients.

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

5. Some patients will describe severe __________ as the main symptom of their migraine attack, leading to a different definition of migraine.

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