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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Physicians, according to Sacks, often make ______ decisions based on impertinent, improper, and irresponsible interpretations.

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

3. One of the categories of drugs is aimed at the __________ of the migraine, according to Sacks.

4. Sacks wants to point out that many doctors and researchers __________ too much from the data they receive in order to find these answers.

5. Sometimes leaps in ______ analysis are not able to give researchers clear and definitive answers.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Sacks have to say about patients who have to face chronic migraines in their lives?

8. What does Sacks point out is more needed in the animal world than in the human world?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Doctors don't seem to be able to point out just one cause for a migraine, making treatment all the more difficult.

Part 1: Why do you think it's difficult to diagnose the cause of migraines?

Part 2: How do you think research could be changed to find the causes of migraines?

Part 3: Do you think there is one single cause of migraines? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Migraines are conditions that can impact a person for their entire life, without a cure in many cases.

Part 1: Why do you think that migraines impact a person's life so much?

Part 2: Do you think you could manage a condition that has no cure?

Part 3: How do you think a person changes when they have so much pain in their life?

Essay Topic 3

At one point, a doctor coined terms for migraines, based on what the patients looked like when they were suffering.

Part 1: Do you think medical condition names should include the appearance of the patient?

Part 2: Why do you thin Reymond decided to label migraine patients by their appearance?

Part 3: How do you think medical conditions should be labeled and named?

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