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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Fourteen through Sixteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Another uncommon drug therapy for migraines which has been prescribed by Sacks is _____________.
(a) Amphetamines.
(b) Psychotropics.
(c) Weight loss drugs.
(d) Downers.

2. The advice that Sacks gives patients, as referenced in #125, has been around since the time of __________, according to the author.
(a) Tyrranus.
(b) Caesar.
(c) Plato.
(d) Hippocrates.

3. Migraines may very well take on the particular aspects of the ________ though it may never be clear what prompts the unit as a whole.
(a) Home.
(b) Pain.
(c) Life.
(d) Sufferer.

4. What is caused by the arterial pulses and pressure on the affected artery can help during a migraine?
(a) Throbbing.
(b) Rapid heartbeat.
(c) Heat.
(d) Anger.

5. Sacks uses the analogy of ________ to try to explain what he means by the way that migraines are never typical.
(a) Walking.
(b) Hiding.
(c) Eating.
(d) Swimming.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Parts of one's _________ might also begin to feel larger or smaller because of an aura, according to Sacks.

3. The man with an extreme aura seems to think he is in _________ when he is actually in New York.

4. What does Sacks ask migraine patients to do in order to see if they can determine a cause or a condition which might lead to migraines?

5. Sacks says that people with fewer than ________ events per year is in need of less extensive interviews than others.

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