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

2. Sacks uses the analogy of ________ to try to explain what he means by the way that migraines are never typical.
(a) Walking.
(b) Eating.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Hiding.

3. That migraines might have a role in one's life is the _________, rather than the rule, according to Sacks.
(a) Exception.
(b) Attribution.
(c) Theory.
(d) Basis.

4. In Sacks' mind, there is no reason to believe that ________ do not suffer from migraines as well, according to his logic.
(a) Plants.
(b) Babies.
(c) Comatose patients.
(d) Animals.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. There are _____ and transitional attacks of migraines which can make it difficult for a doctor or researcher to decide on a diagnosis of migraine.

2. Some hallucinations in migraine patients might give a person a sense of __________ for no apparent reason.

3. Unusual __________ occur in about one tenth of patients, according to the descriptions in the book.

4. The intensity of the pain of a migraine is directly related to the dilation of the _________ arteries in the head, according to research.

5. Most patients, it seems, have an irresistible urge to _________ when they are suffering from a migraine, according to the studies in this book.

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