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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Some researchers actually believe that migraines make a person __________ to other diseases and to other conditions.
(a) Ignorant.
(b) Prone.
(c) Immune.
(d) Avoidant.

3. Some people, when having a migraine, might feel a distorted sense of familiarity or _____________.
(a) Understanding.
(b) Activity.
(c) Movement.
(d) Strangeness.

4. Sacks does think there may be a link between having ________ and cyclical vomiting as a child and migraines.
(a) Motion sickness.
(b) Processed foods.
(c) Anger.
(d) Foster parents.

5. What do many patients notice about the pain they might feel when they are experiencing a migraine?
(a) It's always on one side.
(b) It's dull.
(c) It doesn't go away.
(d) It's spotty.

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

7. Sacks says that _________ may prompt a migraine or might be a part of the unit of the overall event.
(a) Starvation.
(b) Constipation.
(c) Naps.
(d) Diarrhea.

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

9. ________ often has a derogatory connotation and may require additional discussion among researchers.
(a) Nausea.
(b) Movement.
(c) Hallucination.
(d) Migraine.

10. What may or may not continue as a result of the pain of a migraine increasing or continuing?
(a) Medication.
(b) Aura.
(c) Nausea.
(d) Movement.

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

12. Sacks notes that those who suffer from _________ migraines experience the onset of an attack at fairly regular periods though the times vary from one patient to another.
(a) Boring.
(b) Atypical.
(c) Classical.
(d) Dull.

13. _________ also seems to be related to migraines, though it is thought to not be causally related, according to most researchers.
(a) Genetic disturbances.
(b) Weight gain.
(c) Heart attacks.
(d) Disabilities.

14. Finally, there may be disorders of perception, __________, and memory during the course of aural symptoms.
(a) Anger.
(b) Coloring.
(c) Speech.
(d) Movement.

15. But on the other hand, some feel that those who suffer from migraines might be ____________ to suffer from allergies and motion sickness.
(a) More likely.
(b) Just as likely.
(c) Less likely.
(d) Unable.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sacks points out that some migraines tend to present themselves as a ________, from the earliest signs to the aftereffects.

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

3. Sometimes the feeling of _________ is reported during the experience of a migraine, in some patients.

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

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

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