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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. The need for the __________ mentality is more evident in the animal world because of the need for biological survival.
(a) Aggressive.
(b) Avoidant.
(c) Flight or flight.
(d) No pain.

2. 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) Food intake.
(b) Exercise.
(c) Awards.
(d) Ambition.

3. 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.
(a) Reactivity.
(b) Ineptness.
(c) Cycling.
(d) Movement.

4. Sacks presents the argument between chaos and __________, in relation to migraines and to the universe.
(a) Organization.
(b) Power.
(c) Fluidity.
(d) Expressions.

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) Allow.
(c) Understand.
(d) Manage.

Short Answer Questions

1. After a migraine, there is a period described as a _________, which often lasts around three hours after the pain subsides.

2. Instead of a fight or flight reactions, one can also take a ________ position within a situation.

3. The reaction to a migraine does not need to be uniquely _________, according to the way Sacks feels about the subject.

4. The _________ migraine is one that comes to light when a patient is highly emotional and tends toward intense rage.

5. Some patients only need to be seen once in a while to make sure they are maintaining their _________ for managing their migraines.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Sacks see as happening with patients who are treated by physicians who make hasty decisions for their patients?

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

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

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

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

9. What does Sacks say about the possibility that animals might also experience migraines?

10. What are two of the ways in which a person can manage their risk of migraines, according to Sacks?

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