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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Three through Five.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. With a migraine, there can be a _________ appearance to the eye, according to the description in this book.
(a) Diseased.
(b) Shrunken.
(c) Red.
(d) Sallow.

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

4. 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) Disorder.
(b) Anger.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Euphoria.

5. The man with an extreme aura seems to think he is in _________ when he is actually in New York.
(a) Paris.
(b) London.
(c) Hawaii.
(d) California.

Short Answer Questions

1. Parts of one's _________ might also begin to feel larger or smaller because of an aura, according to Sacks.

2. What did the man begin to use when he realized that sneezing might be able to relieve his migraine pain?

3. The ________ is the word traditionally associated with the sensory illusions that a migraine sufferer may experience.

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

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

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