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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. It might be necessary to adjust one's ________ in order to reduce the effects of flickering lights in one's environment.
(a) Television.
(b) Headrest.
(c) Light bulbs.
(d) Glasses.

2. Sacks proposes that a person who seems to be _______ may also be trying to be self destructive to their body and minds.
(a) Avoidant.
(b) Accident prone.
(c) In pain a lot.
(d) Terrified.

3. Some patients can respond to _________ as many migraines are sensitive to suggestion during the episode.
(a) Rest.
(b) Placebos.
(c) Hypnosis.
(d) Herbs.

4. Sacks wants to point out that many doctors and researchers __________ too much from the data they receive in order to find these answers.
(a) Guess.
(b) Understand.
(c) Reason.
(d) Extrapolate.

5. That migraines might have a role in one's life is the _________, rather than the rule, according to Sacks.
(a) Exception.
(b) Attribution.
(c) Theory.
(d) Basis.

6. What is the title that Ralph M. Siegel has, according to the way he is described in this chapter?
(a) Ph.D.
(b) BS.
(c) MA.
(d) MD.

7. After a migraine, there is a period described as a _________, which often lasts around three hours after the pain subsides.
(a) Truth.
(b) Power.
(c) Break.
(d) Rebirth.

8. Sacks points out that some drugs simply work for migraines, even though they don't have any ________ basis for this.
(a) Chemical.
(b) Supported.
(c) Research.
(d) True.

9. Migraines might also have some specific _________ in one's life, according to Sacks, filling a role the patient needs it to fill.
(a) Energy.
(b) Peace.
(c) Movement.
(d) Purpose.

10. The simplest of __________ can be created in the clinical setting, according to Sacks' findings and research.
(a) Migraines.
(b) Medications.
(c) Hallucinations.
(d) Pain.

11. Some of the things that patients see in their migraine are random ________ shapes, and some patients choose to draw them.
(a) Circular.
(b) Jumbled.
(c) Geometric.
(d) Spiral.

12. Sometimes leaps in ______ analysis are not able to give researchers clear and definitive answers.
(a) Activity.
(b) Generous.
(c) Pain.
(d) Data.

13. As a result of older theories, the practice of __________ became quite popular to help those who were suffering from migraines.
(a) Pain medication.
(b) Blood letting.
(c) Stretching.
(d) Hanging upside down.

14. The medical _________ in this section of the book might be overwhelming to some readers.
(a) Access.
(b) Terminology.
(c) Data.
(d) Researchers.

15. The reaction to a migraine does not need to be uniquely _________, according to the way Sacks feels about the subject.
(a) Animal.
(b) Emotional.
(c) Human.
(d) Scientific.

Short Answer Questions

1. One of the medical deterrents to treating a migraine addresses the ________ of the malady.

2. Effective drug therapy, according to Sacks, will be based and depends on ____________, according to his experience.

3. Sacks says that the best migraine clinic was one in which a patient was told to lie down in a darkened room with _______ and aspirin.

4. Some of the visual disturbances which occur during a migraine can also be seen after the usage of __________ or cannabis.

5. Other patients will see __________ of people or places as a part of hallucinations during a migraine attack.

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