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

2. There may also be changes in ________ as a result of an aura, according to Sacks in this section of the book.
(a) Mood.
(b) Coloring.
(c) Pain.
(d) Truth.

3. The man who always _______ to end his migraine attacks had to find a new way of relieving his pain.
(a) Cried.
(b) Ate.
(c) Vomited.
(d) Walked.

4. What might alleviate the pain of a migraine in some patients, while this might also make the pain more severe for some patients?
(a) Laughing.
(b) Running.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Vomiting.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. One patient believes there are small _________ in the room with him, even when there are not.

2. Sometimes, there might be sections of vision during a migraine which are ___________.

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

4. There may also be changes in the levels of __________ which can be present in the aural symptom experience.

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

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