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

2. What might be a secondary factor of a migraine headache, causing even more pain and more tension?
(a) Stress.
(b) Tension headache.
(c) Medication.
(d) Family life.

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

4. 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) Cry.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Die.

5. A precordial migraine is one in which _________ pain is the only symptom of the migraine attack, according to Sacks.
(a) Leg.
(b) Arm.
(c) Head.
(d) Chest.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. One case study of a man with headaches points out that he doesn't like to discuss his feelings of __________ as they are related to his migraines.

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

4. __________ migraines are always present in those who have cases of severe nausea along with their pain.

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

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