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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 points out that many doctors and patients are still looking for the _____________ to help with migraine pain management.

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

3. More ________ hallucinations can not be created in the lab setting, according to Sacks and his research.

4. What is NOT one of the basic pieces of advice that Sacks offers for those who are suffering from migraines?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

4. What affects at least ten percent of the population, so many people that they have attracted attention and curiosity since the beginning of time?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Migraines are associated with debilitating pain, which means that patients need pain medications.

Part 1: Do you think some people fake migraines in order to get pain medications?

Part 2: How do you think migraines could be treated without pain medications? Is this possible?

Part 3: Do you think pain medication should be the only treatment for migraines?

Essay Topic 3

Some people seem to be prone to migraines when they are in highly emotional situations.

Part 1: Why do you think intense emotions can cause pain?

Part 2: How do you feel when you are in intensely emotional situations? Does your health status change?

Part 3: Do you think people who respond to emotional situations with physical pain are weak?

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