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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Ten through Thirteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Sensory _________ is one of the categories of aural symptoms that the patient may experience.
(a) Overload.
(b) Deprivation.
(c) Diminishment.
(d) Hallucinations.

3. Many people who are experiencing migraines may seem to become _________ before they begin to show any other signs.
(a) Irritable.
(b) Excited.
(c) Sad.
(d) Happy.

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

5. The reaction to a migraine does not need to be uniquely _________, according to the way Sacks feels about the subject.
(a) Animal.
(b) Human.
(c) Emotional.
(d) Scientific.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sometimes the feeling of _________ is reported during the experience of a migraine, in some patients.

2. Other researchers think there might be a certain __________ or grace to those who suffer from migraines, according to their work.

3. Migraines may very well take on the particular aspects of the ________ though it may never be clear what prompts the unit as a whole.

4. 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?

5. _______ are unable to express pain, so Sacks says they are not useful in terms of studying migraines and how they affect the body.

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