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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sacks points out there are many ___________ toward many diseases and migraines are no exception to this finding.
(a) Tendencies.
(b) Cause.
(c) Truths.
(d) Predispositions.

2. In the ________ migraine, there are certain situations that might be present - light, sound, activities, smells, drugs, etc.
(a) Classic.
(b) Circumstantial.
(c) Movement.
(d) Echoing.

3. The fight or flight response is still present in _________, even if it seems to be less overt in the daily behaviors.
(a) Humans.
(b) Birds.
(c) Fish.
(d) Possums.

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

5. Sacks concludes the book by talking about how there is a tendency for the ________ to take on specific patterns.
(a) Doctor.
(b) Patient.
(c) Universe.
(d) Migraine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What might alleviate the pain of a migraine in some patients, while this might also make the pain more severe for some patients?

2. 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?

3. The combination of _________ in the case of the woman with the impotent husband and the delinquent child might cause her headaches.

4. A person who is self destructive might desire self __________ so that he can continue to hurt himself.

5. Sacks points out that there is a tendency to _________ migraine sufferers in literature and in descriptions.

(see the answer key)

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