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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The ________ is the word traditionally associated with the sensory illusions that a migraine sufferer may experience.
(a) Trauma.
(b) Migraine.
(c) Aura.
(d) Pain.

2. One woman who kept a diary of her life around her migraines found that skipping her ___________ led to the incident of a migraine.
(a) Period.
(b) Exercise.
(c) Tea.
(d) Breakfast.

3. What is identified as crude images among the possible visualizations that a patient can see during their migraine attack?
(a) Twitching.
(b) Geometric shapes.
(c) Expanding spectrum.
(d) Stars.

4. The advice that Sacks gives patients, as referenced in #125, has been around since the time of __________, according to the author.
(a) Hippocrates.
(b) Plato.
(c) Caesar.
(d) Tyrranus.

5. One researcher describes the presence of __________ work patterns during some migraine events.
(a) Impressionistic.
(b) Lattice.
(c) Grill.
(d) Art.

Short Answer Questions

1. There is substantial evidence that there may be a _______________ between migraines and those who suffer from epileptic seizures.

2. In the ________ migraine, there are certain situations that might be present - light, sound, activities, smells, drugs, etc.

3. Sacks concludes the book by talking about how there is a tendency for the ________ to take on specific patterns.

4. The __________ of a migraine aura are something that are short lived, unlike those of an actual seizure, according to Sacks.

5. When ________ happens and it is not followed by a headache, it can be confusing and misinterpreted by the person experiencing it.

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