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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. Some patients only need to be seen once in a while to make sure they are maintaining their _________ for managing their migraines.
(a) Instructions.
(b) Doctor visits.
(c) Life.
(d) Physical therapy.

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

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

4. Sacks wants to point out that there are few _________ that have any value in helping with a migraine case.
(a) Movements.
(b) Studies.
(c) Activities.
(d) Generalizations.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. And another category of drugs are called __________ which are used for sleep or for relaxation during the treatment of a migraine.

2. Throughout time, there have been theories about the contractions of _________ and how this might relate to migraines.

3. Sometimes, ______ management strategies are necessary in order to prevent and to manage migraines, according to Sacks.

4. Another of the medical deterrents to treating a migraine is aimed at the emotional ______ where this is considered to be a primary source of migraines.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sacks recommend a patient with nausea deal with their medication ingestion to ensure pain relief?

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

3. What are some of the polygons that migraine patients have reported seeing as a part of their auras or hallucinations?

4. What are the two categories of hallucinations that are most often attributed to migraine experiences?

5. What is the discovery that Lashely makes about the process of his own migraine scotomata?

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

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

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

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

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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