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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 says that the best migraine clinic was one in which a patient was told to lie down in a darkened room with _______ and aspirin.
(a) Milk.
(b) Tea.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Soup.

2. Careful monitoring of __________ will also be helpful for those who want to make sure they are minimizing their risk of migraines.
(a) Food intake.
(b) Toxins.
(c) Exercise ability.
(d) Medications.

3. Those that are told to lighten up on their ________ are much more likely to ignore this advice than to take it from a physician.
(a) Ambition.
(b) Food intake.
(c) Exercise.
(d) Awards.

4. The first measure of management that is brought up for migraines is the use of _____________.
(a) Medication.
(b) Exercise.
(c) Vomiting.
(d) Sleep.

5. Sacks describes the ________ and the passive reactions to situations in the animal world as a part of his discussion.
(a) Active.
(b) Movement.
(c) Noble.
(d) Emotional.

Short Answer Questions

1. The fight or flight response is still present in _________, even if it seems to be less overt in the daily behaviors.

2. Migraines may very well take on the particular aspects of the ________ though it may never be clear what prompts the unit as a whole.

3. The ________ with which the patient should be seen depends on the tendency toward the migraines, according to Sacks.

4. During this section of the book, Sacks points out there is a _________ inside the human head, according to his experience.

5. The fact that visual ___________ are so common makes their presence fascinating to researchers.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sacks say becomes an important part of the study of migraines, according to this section of the book?

2. What happens when systems are open to the environment around them, versus those systems which are closed?

3. What determines the frequency with which a doctor should see their migraine patients?

4. What affects at least ten percent of the population, so many people that they have attracted attention and curiosity since the beginning of time?

5. What does Sacks believe would be cruel to do to a migraine patient, though he does not agree with this treatment?

6. What sort of person does Sacks say is someone who might actually be self-destructive or may have a desire toward self-punishment?

7. Why was Lashley mostly dismissed by his contemporaries in the migraine research field, according to the last section of this book?

8. What are some of the typical pieces of advice which Sacks might offer to a patient who is suffering from migraines?

9. Why do some researchers believe that manual compression will be helpful for the reduction of pain during the migraine?

10. What is the correlation that Sacks discounts because of a lack of studies of migraine patients?

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