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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. Some doctors have tried _________ which Sacks believes to be grossly fraudulent or mutilating.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What are the three categories of drugs that can be used in the treatment of migraines, according to Sacks?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Some migraine sufferers seem to have hallucinations before they have the migraine symptoms.

Part 1: What do the hallucinations tell a person about the cause of the migraine?

Part 2: How do you think you would react if you were to have hallucinations suddenly?

Part 3: Do you think it's easy to determine that you are having a hallucination?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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