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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 ________ who was restricted from normal social activities might be suffering from migraines as a result of depression.
(a) Student.
(b) Monk.
(c) Nun.
(d) Priest.

2. ________ often has a derogatory connotation and may require additional discussion among researchers.
(a) Nausea.
(b) Migraine.
(c) Movement.
(d) Hallucination.

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

4. What can be impossible when the pain of a migraine is intense, according to this book?
(a) Activity.
(b) Speaking.
(c) Reading.
(d) Eating.

5. There are some patients that obviously suffer from periodical or causal attacks but that the larger group will defy easy _____________.
(a) Classification.
(b) Treatment.
(c) Peace.
(d) Study.

Short Answer Questions

1. What might alleviate the pain of a migraine in some patients, while this might also make the pain more severe for some patients?

2. Some people will continue on with their lives during a migraine, though they will still contend with __________ at some point.

3. Sacks says that the only way to test the family connection theory of migraines is to see if a child with migraines in his family develops migraines when living with a ____________.

4. Sacks describes the ________ and the passive reactions to situations in the animal world as a part of his discussion.

5. Instead of a fight or flight reactions, one can also take a ________ position within a situation.

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