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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Six through Nine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Other researchers think there might be a certain __________ or grace to those who suffer from migraines, according to their work.
(a) Delicacy.
(b) Honor.
(c) Truth.
(d) Pride.

2. Sensory _________ is one of the categories of aural symptoms that the patient may experience.
(a) Deprivation.
(b) Overload.
(c) Diminishment.
(d) Hallucinations.

3. Sacks notes that those who suffer from _________ migraines experience the onset of an attack at fairly regular periods though the times vary from one patient to another.
(a) Boring.
(b) Atypical.
(c) Dull.
(d) Classical.

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

5. What does the answer to #31 typically precede, according to previous case studies in Sacks' research?
(a) Surgeries.
(b) Heart attacks.
(c) Epileptic seizures.
(d) Cancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. The man who always _______ to end his migraine attacks had to find a new way of relieving his pain.

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

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

4. What tends to increase over the course of an experience of a migraine headache?

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

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