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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Some doctors and researchers are concerned about the possibility of _______ as a result of migraines.
(a) Seizure conditions.
(b) No quality of life.
(c) Brain damage.
(d) Strokes.

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

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

4. What is usually violent and often relegated to just one side of the head when it is present?
(a) Nausea.
(b) Tremors.
(c) Sore throat.
(d) Headache.

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

6. 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?
(a) A count of their medication usage.
(b) Go for a run during a headache.
(c) Video log.
(d) Journal.

7. There are some patients that obviously suffer from periodical or causal attacks but that the larger group will defy easy _____________.
(a) Peace.
(b) Study.
(c) Classification.
(d) Treatment.

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

9. Sacks pointed out that a woman's hair turned __________ on one side, the side where she would have her headaches.
(a) Black.
(b) White.
(c) Brown.
(d) Gray.

10. What might be a secondary factor of a migraine headache, causing even more pain and more tension?
(a) Family life.
(b) Medication.
(c) Stress.
(d) Tension headache.

11. What does the answer to #31 typically precede, according to previous case studies in Sacks' research?
(a) Epileptic seizures.
(b) Heart attacks.
(c) Surgeries.
(d) Cancer.

12. One man experienced a ________ sensation in his left foot during the course of a migraine.
(a) Tingling.
(b) Pain.
(c) Tickling.
(d) Trembling.

13. What is always present to some degree, even if it varies from one migraine case to another?
(a) Nausea.
(b) Anger.
(c) Tremors.
(d) Depression.

14. What kinds of headaches might wake up a patient in the middle of the night, according to studies?
(a) Movement.
(b) Migraine.
(c) Terror.
(d) Cluster.

15. Sacks discusses the way that ________ can change in people who are in the middle of a migraine attack.
(a) Thoughts.
(b) Moods.
(c) Diseases.
(d) Ideas.

Short Answer Questions

1. The symptoms of a migraine, as described in this chapter, include a feeling of _______ as well as the classic symptoms of migraine which are present in this section.

2. There may also be changes in ________ as a result of an aura, according to Sacks in this section of the book.

3. Parts of one's _________ might also begin to feel larger or smaller because of an aura, according to Sacks.

4. Sacks does point out in this section that many people believe that migraines are _______________ in nature.

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

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