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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. A drug may need to be taken ________ if there is severe vomiting present during a migraine episode.
(a) Orally.
(b) Rectally.
(c) Intravenously.
(d) Sublingually.

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

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

4. One of the medical deterrents to treating a migraine addresses the ________ of the malady.
(a) Likelihood.
(b) Descriptions.
(c) Genetics.
(d) Mechanisms.

5. Sacks does not believe there is a connection with _________ being a part of the chemical reaction that takes place during a headache.
(a) Movements.
(b) Digestion.
(c) Pollution.
(d) Histamines.

Short Answer Questions

1. ________ turned inward on oneself, might also create a situation for a migraine to occur.

2. In some cases, all three of the possible hallucinations can be seen during a single migraine ________, according to the author.

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

4. Who wrote the last chapter of the book, which is made clear in the notes and the headings?

5. What is NOT one of the basic pieces of advice that Sacks offers for those who are suffering from migraines?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens when Sacks has a patient who will only agree to be treated with medications for their migraines?

4. What does Sacks say is uniquely human about the experience of migraines in humans, though he does not dispute that animals can have migraines too?

5. What is another reason for the visual disturbances which can be seen my migraine patients?

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

7. Where did Ralph Siegel, PhD work when he co-authored the last chapter with Oliver Sacks, according to the footnote?

8. What kind of patient only needs to have a few appointments with their physician each year?

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

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

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