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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. 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 ____________.
(a) Foster family.
(b) Doctor.
(c) High pressure house.
(d) New puppy.

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

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

4. The __________ of a migraine aura are something that are short lived, unlike those of an actual seizure, according to Sacks.
(a) Movement.
(b) Damage.
(c) Complexity.
(d) Aftereffects.

5. Other researchers think there might be a certain __________ or grace to those who suffer from migraines, according to their work.
(a) Truth.
(b) Pride.
(c) Honor.
(d) Delicacy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Symptomatic drugs include _________, according to the treatment methods and history of Sacks.

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

3. Some patients will simply seek out a _________ when they don't like the advice that they hear.

4. One case study of a man with headaches points out that he doesn't like to discuss his feelings of __________ as they are related to his migraines.

5. The man who always _______ to end his migraine attacks had to find a new way of relieving his pain.

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