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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. What is always present to some degree, even if it varies from one migraine case to another?
(a) Anger.
(b) Tremors.
(c) Depression.
(d) Nausea.

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

3. Sacks pointed out that a woman's hair turned __________ on one side, the side where she would have her headaches.
(a) White.
(b) Brown.
(c) Black.
(d) Gray.

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

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) Weight gain.
(c) Disabilities.
(d) Heart attacks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is found in about one fourth of all patients who have migraine pains and other symptoms?

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

3. Some people will continue on with their lives during a migraine, though they will still contend with __________ at some point.

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

5. Most patients, it seems, have an irresistible urge to _________ when they are suffering from a migraine, according to the studies in this book.

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