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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. What happens to Reymond every three to four weeks, according to the notes of Sacks in the beginning of this book?
(a) A new study.
(b) Migraines.
(c) A new pill.
(d) New patients.

2. The central symptoms of a migraine are described as disorders of ________ in this book.
(a) Understanding.
(b) Activity.
(c) Arousal.
(d) Movement.

3. Most patients, it seems, have an irresistible urge to _________ when they are suffering from a migraine, according to the studies in this book.
(a) Bang their head against the wall.
(b) Cry.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Die.

4. The ________ is the word traditionally associated with the sensory illusions that a migraine sufferer may experience.
(a) Aura.
(b) Pain.
(c) Trauma.
(d) Migraine.

5. What does Sacks ask migraine patients to do in order to see if they can determine a cause or a condition which might lead to migraines?
(a) Video log.
(b) Journal.
(c) A count of their medication usage.
(d) Go for a run during a headache.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What might be a secondary factor of a migraine headache, causing even more pain and more tension?

3. Sacks pointed out that a woman's hair turned __________ on one side, the side where she would have her headaches.

4. There are other hallucinations in which _________ may appear to be bigger or smaller than they actually are.

5. What is always present to some degree, even if it varies from one migraine case to another?

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