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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. Parts of one's _________ might also begin to feel larger or smaller because of an aura, according to Sacks.
(a) Head.
(b) Life.
(c) Book.
(d) Body.

2. 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.

3. What is NOT one of the things that are listed in the possible visual sensory hallucinations that one might experience?
(a) Flashbacks.
(b) Stars.
(c) Flashing lights.
(d) Geometric figures.

4. Some doctors and researchers are concerned about the possibility of _______ as a result of migraines.
(a) Brain damage.
(b) No quality of life.
(c) Strokes.
(d) Seizure conditions.

5. Some people, when having a migraine, might feel a distorted sense of familiarity or _____________.
(a) Activity.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Strangeness.
(d) Movement.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many areas of aural symptoms does Sacks point out to be the case for most patients?

2. What might alleviate the pain of a migraine in some patients, while this might also make the pain more severe for some patients?

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

4. What is usually violent and often relegated to just one side of the head when it is present?

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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