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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. Where is the physicist du Bois Reymond from, according to the descriptions in this manuscript?
(a) Hungary.
(b) Austria.
(c) Spain.
(d) Germany.

2. What may or may not continue as a result of the pain of a migraine increasing or continuing?
(a) Movement.
(b) Aura.
(c) Nausea.
(d) Medication.

3. Some people will continue on with their lives during a migraine, though they will still contend with __________ at some point.
(a) Lethargy.
(b) Immobility.
(c) Annoyance.
(d) Pain.

4. The 53-year-old woman who is studied in this section reports a feeling of ______ right before the onset of her migraine.
(a) Rage.
(b) Well being.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Grief.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. One woman who kept a diary of her life around her migraines found that skipping her ___________ led to the incident of a migraine.

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

4. There is substantial evidence that there may be a _______________ between migraines and those who suffer from epileptic seizures.

5. What do many patients notice about the pain they might feel when they are experiencing a migraine?

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