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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Seventeen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One patient believes there are small _________ in the room with him, even when there are not.
(a) Children.
(b) Mice.
(c) Indians.
(d) Monsters.

2. Physicians, according to Sacks, often make ______ decisions based on impertinent, improper, and irresponsible interpretations.
(a) Tactile.
(b) Correct.
(c) Believable.
(d) Hasty.

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

4. The man who always _______ to end his migraine attacks had to find a new way of relieving his pain.
(a) Ate.
(b) Cried.
(c) Vomited.
(d) Walked.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Some researchers believe that a migraine is akin to a ________, with being a release reaction to a specific situation.

2. The central symptoms of a migraine are described as disorders of ________ in this book.

3. The 53-year-old woman who is studied in this section reports a feeling of ______ right before the onset of her migraine.

4. To deny a migraine sufferer the use of ___________ would be cruel, according to Sacks in this book.

5. The ________ with which the patient should be seen depends on the tendency toward the migraines, according to Sacks.

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