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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Fourteen through Sixteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Unusual __________ occur in about one tenth of patients, according to the descriptions in the book.
(a) Colors.
(b) Movements.
(c) Word patterns.
(d) Bowel movements.

2. Some hallucinations in migraine patients might give a person a sense of __________ for no apparent reason.
(a) Shame.
(b) Vertigo.
(c) Truth.
(d) Embarrassment.

3. The man with an extreme aura seems to think he is in _________ when he is actually in New York.
(a) California.
(b) London.
(c) Hawaii.
(d) Paris.

4. Sometimes the feeling of _________ is reported during the experience of a migraine, in some patients.
(a) Anger.
(b) Terror.
(c) Flushing.
(d) Rage.

5. Some researchers actually believe that migraines make a person __________ to other diseases and to other conditions.
(a) Avoidant.
(b) Immune.
(c) Ignorant.
(d) Prone.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. With a migraine, there can be a _________ appearance to the eye, according to the description in this book.

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

5. In Sacks' mind, there is no reason to believe that ________ do not suffer from migraines as well, according to his logic.

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