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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. To deny a migraine sufferer the use of ___________ would be cruel, according to Sacks in this book.

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

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

4. Some of the things that patients see in their migraine are random ________ shapes, and some patients choose to draw them.

5. Sacks says that there are some patients who will not allow him to treat them in any other way, he will only treat patients in 'the only way they ________.'

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What are the two categories of hallucinations that are most often attributed to migraine experiences?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

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?

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