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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. Sacks does point out that there can be _____________ when using different drug treatments for migraines.

2. It might be necessary to adjust one's ________ in order to reduce the effects of flickering lights in one's environment.

3. The fight or flight response is still present in _________, even if it seems to be less overt in the daily behaviors.

4. Sacks says that people with fewer than ________ events per year is in need of less extensive interviews than others.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

According to this book, there doesn't seem to be a typical migraine patient that can be easily described and defined.

Part 1: Why do you think migraines can't be easily defined?

Part 2: Do you think it's easier to treat a condition that is easier to define?

Part 3: Do you think doctors will be able to categorize the migraine more easily with more research?

Essay Topic 2

Migraines seem to be conditions with progressive symptoms, symptoms that come on slowly as opposed to suddenly.

Part 1: Why do you think patients are not always aware of their symptoms when they come on gradually?

Part 2: Do you think a migraine patient should be able to spot their symptoms early?

Part 3: How do you think a patient can treat gradual symptoms? Or can't they?

Essay Topic 3

For many people, the idea of a migraine is something they might not ever experience, so this book might be difficult to understand.

Part 1: Why do you think it's important for a book about migraines to be written?

Part 2: Do you think that people who don't suffer from migraines will benefit from this book?

Part 3: How do you think migraine sufferers can benefit from this book?

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