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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to Reymond every three to four weeks, according to the notes of Sacks in the beginning of this book?
(a) A new pill.
(b) A new study.
(c) New patients.
(d) Migraines.

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

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Sensory _________ is one of the categories of aural symptoms that the patient may experience.

3. What is always present to some degree, even if it varies from one migraine case to another?

4. Sacks says there is no way to predict every stage of a migraine as the migraine is, by definition, __________ in nature.

5. One patient believes there are small _________ in the room with him, even when there are not.

Short Essay Questions

1. What do some researchers feel is not a cause of migraines as adults, according to Sacks' research?

2. What does Sacks say that all migraine patients have to fight during the experience of a migraine?

3. What is the common cause of migraines for younger patients, with the attack happening after instead of during the activity?

4. What is something that Sacks has never seen, but he has heard of in relation to the aura before a migraine?

5. What did the fifty-three year old female patient say characterized the start of her migraines?

6. What is the German physician's experience with migraines, according to the beginning of the book?

7. What does Sacks say there is a tendency to do with migraines which might cause problems in their study and experience?

8. Why do many migraine sufferers tend to rub one side of their head when they are in the midst of a migraine?

9. What are the classic symptoms of a migraine, according to Sacks' experience with his patients?

10. What sorts of migraine situations does Sacks say are rare and fairly uncommon in reference to visual hallucinations?

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