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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. Sometimes auras can be so powerful so as to have the appearance of a __________ in some patients.
(a) Madness.
(b) Stroke.
(c) Heart murmur.
(d) Seizure.

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

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

4. ________ often has a derogatory connotation and may require additional discussion among researchers.
(a) Movement.
(b) Migraine.
(c) Hallucination.
(d) Nausea.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is caused by the arterial pulses and pressure on the affected artery can help during a migraine?

2. _________ also seems to be related to migraines, though it is thought to not be causally related, according to most researchers.

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

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

5. The woman that the man thought he was talking to was _______, while it was actually his secretary.

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