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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. Those that are told to lighten up on their ________ are much more likely to ignore this advice than to take it from a physician.

2. Sacks concludes the book by talking about how there is a tendency for the ________ to take on specific patterns.

3. That migraines might have a role in one's life is the _________, rather than the rule, according to Sacks.

4. Migraines may very well take on the particular aspects of the ________ though it may never be clear what prompts the unit as a whole.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are the three categories of hallucinosis, according to the last section of the book?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Sacks believe would be cruel to do to a migraine patient, though he does not agree with this treatment?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choosing treatments for migraines may be just as painful a process as the headaches.

Part 1: How do you think a migraine treatment be chosen?

Part 2: Why do you think migraines are so difficult to treat?

Part 3: How do you think a person might feel if they try a treatment and it doesn't work as they want it to?

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

Case histories are used to illustrate the concept of a migraine.

Part 1: Why are case histories important in medical treatment of disorders?

Part 2: Is there a case history in the book that doesn't seem to help the discussion of migraines? Why not?

Part 3: How do you think case histories might be harmful to the discussion of a condition?

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