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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. Some patients will describe severe __________ as the main symptom of their migraine attack, leading to a different definition of migraine.
(a) Depression.
(b) Family troubles.
(c) Head pain.
(d) Abdominal pain.

2. There is a tendency in migraines to have __________ connections, according to the findings of Sacks.
(a) Family.
(b) Pain.
(c) Environmental.
(d) Movement.

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

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

5. Changes in the sensory __________ are another possible part of the aural symptoms, according to Sacks.
(a) Experiences.
(b) Threshold.
(c) Movements.
(d) Manner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sensory _________ is one of the categories of aural symptoms that the patient may experience.

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

3. Some people will have troubles understanding __________ as a result of an aura which precedes a migraine.

4. Sacks is just not sure if ____________ or genetics are more of a cause for the migraines which seem to take place in families.

5. Sacks does think there may be a link between having ________ and cyclical vomiting as a child and migraines.

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