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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. What is caused by the arterial pulses and pressure on the affected artery can help during a migraine?
(a) Anger.
(b) Heat.
(c) Throbbing.
(d) Rapid heartbeat.

2. Sacks has found the the cause of some monthly migraines for women might be the result of a new ____________ regimen.
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Hormone treatment.
(c) Food.
(d) Exercise.

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

4. Throughout time, there have been theories about the contractions of _________ and how this might relate to migraines.
(a) Muscles.
(b) Arms.
(c) Legs.
(d) Arteries.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is NOT one of the things that are listed in the possible visual sensory hallucinations that one might experience?

3. ________ is a Chinese food additive which has been linked to many migraine cases, and in causing migraines throughout one's life.

4. Sometimes leaps in ______ analysis are not able to give researchers clear and definitive answers.

5. The ________ who was restricted from normal social activities might be suffering from migraines as a result of depression.

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