View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many areas of aural symptoms does Sacks point out to be the case for most patients?
(a) Six.
(b) Five.
(c) Ten.
(d) Three.

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

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

4. There are other hallucinations in which _________ may appear to be bigger or smaller than they actually are.
(a) Objects.
(b) Movements.
(c) Thoughts.
(d) Colors.

5. What did the man begin to use when he realized that sneezing might be able to relieve his migraine pain?
(a) Pepper.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) Baby powder.
(d) Snuff.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The central symptoms of a migraine are described as disorders of ________ in this book.

3. What does the answer to #31 typically precede, according to previous case studies in Sacks' research?

4. With a migraine, there can be a _________ appearance to the eye, according to the description in this book.

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 221 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample