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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Three through Five.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Some people, when having a migraine, might feel a distorted sense of familiarity or _____________.
(a) Strangeness.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Activity.
(d) Movement.

2. What did the man begin to use when he realized that sneezing might be able to relieve his migraine pain?
(a) Pepper.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) Snuff.
(d) Baby powder.

3. Some hallucinations in migraine patients might give a person a sense of __________ for no apparent reason.
(a) Embarrassment.
(b) Shame.
(c) Truth.
(d) Vertigo.

4. The symptoms of a migraine, as described in this chapter, include a feeling of _______ as well as the classic symptoms of migraine which are present in this section.
(a) Sadness.
(b) Disorder.
(c) Anger.
(d) Euphoria.

5. What is found in about one fourth of all patients who have migraine pains and other symptoms?
(a) Nausea.
(b) Fatigue.
(c) Nasal stuffiness.
(d) Tremors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the answer to #31 typically precede, according to previous case studies in Sacks' research?

2. What might be a secondary factor of a migraine headache, causing even more pain and more tension?

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

4. Sacks pointed out that a woman's hair turned __________ on one side, the side where she would have her headaches.

5. _________ also seems to be related to migraines, though it is thought to not be causally related, according to most researchers.

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