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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. Instead of a fight or flight reactions, one can also take a ________ position within a situation.
(a) Neutral.
(b) Submissive.
(c) Boring.
(d) Aggressive.

2. Sacks points out that some migraines tend to present themselves as a ________, from the earliest signs to the aftereffects.
(a) Unit.
(b) Syndrome.
(c) Condition.
(d) Package.

3. Where is the physicist du Bois Reymond from, according to the descriptions in this manuscript?
(a) Germany.
(b) Austria.
(c) Hungary.
(d) Spain.

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

5. The intensity of pain of a migraine might be relieved by manual __________ of the arteries which are being affected.
(a) Compression.
(b) Stimulation.
(c) Movement.
(d) Aggression.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sacks proposes that a person who seems to be _______ may also be trying to be self destructive to their body and minds.

2. One woman who kept a diary of her life around her migraines found that skipping her ___________ led to the incident of a migraine.

3. What may or may not continue as a result of the pain of a migraine increasing or continuing?

4. Sacks wants to point out that many doctors and researchers __________ too much from the data they receive in order to find these answers.

5. What do many patients notice about the pain they might feel when they are experiencing a migraine?

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