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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Ten through Thirteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sacks pointed out that a woman's hair turned __________ on one side, the side where she would have her headaches.
(a) Brown.
(b) Gray.
(c) White.
(d) Black.

2. What can be impossible when the pain of a migraine is intense, according to this book?
(a) Reading.
(b) Activity.
(c) Eating.
(d) Speaking.

3. Most patients, it seems, have an irresistible urge to _________ when they are suffering from a migraine, according to the studies in this book.
(a) Die.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Cry.
(d) Bang their head against the wall.

4. Sacks says there is no way to predict every stage of a migraine as the migraine is, by definition, __________ in nature.
(a) Chaotic.
(b) Truthful.
(c) Angry.
(d) Deafening.

5. One patient believes there are small _________ in the room with him, even when there are not.
(a) Monsters.
(b) Indians.
(c) Children.
(d) Mice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Changes in the sensory __________ are another possible part of the aural symptoms, according to Sacks.

2. Where is the physicist du Bois Reymond from, according to the descriptions in this manuscript?

3. Instead of a fight or flight reactions, one can also take a ________ position within a situation.

4. What kinds of headaches might wake up a patient in the middle of the night, according to studies?

5. Some people will have troubles understanding __________ as a result of an aura which precedes a migraine.

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