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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. But _________ does not believe that using medication should be the only treatment or a long term answer to migraines.
(a) Reymond.
(b) Siegel.
(c) Gilbert.
(d) Sacks.

2. A person who is self destructive might desire self __________ so that he can continue to hurt himself.
(a) Isolation.
(b) Punishment.
(c) Abandonment.
(d) Control.

3. Physicians, according to Sacks, often make ______ decisions based on impertinent, improper, and irresponsible interpretations.
(a) Correct.
(b) Believable.
(c) Tactile.
(d) Hasty.

4. The intensity of the pain of a migraine is directly related to the dilation of the _________ arteries in the head, according to research.
(a) Superficial.
(b) Extracranial.
(c) Jugular.
(d) Femoral.

5. Sacks says that there are some patients who will not allow him to treat them in any other way, he will only treat patients in 'the only way they ________.'
(a) Try.
(b) Manage.
(c) Allow.
(d) Understand.

Short Answer Questions

1. The advice that Sacks gives patients, as referenced in #125, has been around since the time of __________, according to the author.

2. That migraines might have a role in one's life is the _________, rather than the rule, according to Sacks.

3. Another uncommon drug therapy for migraines which has been prescribed by Sacks is _____________.

4. Sacks has said that migraines can be both _____ and acquired, making them difficult to diagnose and to treat.

5. What is identified as crude images among the possible visualizations that a patient can see during their migraine attack?

Short Essay Questions

1. What sort of person would be a person who can get an aggressive migraine, according to Sacks?

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

3. What are the three categories of hallucinosis, according to the last section of the book?

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

5. What did Airy believe that migraine hallucinations allowed a person to do as a result of their appearance?

6. What can happen with a geometrical ornamental structure, according to Fluver in this section?

7. What does Sacks point out as causing complications in terms of finding accurate and consistent diagnoses?

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

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

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

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