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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Six through Nine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The combination of _________ in the case of the woman with the impotent husband and the delinquent child might cause her headaches.
(a) Sharing living space.
(b) Foods.
(c) Genetics.
(d) Stresses.

2. The 53-year-old woman who is studied in this section reports a feeling of ______ right before the onset of her migraine.
(a) Rage.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Grief.
(d) Well being.

3. Sacks does think there may be a link between having ________ and cyclical vomiting as a child and migraines.
(a) Processed foods.
(b) Foster parents.
(c) Motion sickness.
(d) Anger.

4. Sacks notes that those who suffer from _________ migraines experience the onset of an attack at fairly regular periods though the times vary from one patient to another.
(a) Classical.
(b) Dull.
(c) Boring.
(d) Atypical.

5. Parts of one's _________ might also begin to feel larger or smaller because of an aura, according to Sacks.
(a) Life.
(b) Head.
(c) Body.
(d) Book.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sensory _________ is one of the categories of aural symptoms that the patient may experience.

2. What is found in about one fourth of all patients who have migraine pains and other symptoms?

3. There are other hallucinations in which _________ may appear to be bigger or smaller than they actually are.

4. What might alleviate the pain of a migraine in some patients, while this might also make the pain more severe for some patients?

5. What is usually violent and often relegated to just one side of the head when it is present?

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