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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Seventeen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In some cases, all three of the possible hallucinations can be seen during a single migraine ________, according to the author.
(a) Week.
(b) Event.
(c) Year.
(d) Lifetime.

2. 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) Genetics.
(c) Stresses.
(d) Foods.

3. There are some patients that obviously suffer from periodical or causal attacks but that the larger group will defy easy _____________.
(a) Study.
(b) Classification.
(c) Peace.
(d) Treatment.

4. After a migraine, there is a period described as a _________, which often lasts around three hours after the pain subsides.
(a) Break.
(b) Truth.
(c) Power.
(d) Rebirth.

5. The _________ migraine is one that comes to light when a patient is highly emotional and tends toward intense rage.
(a) Activity.
(b) Aggressive.
(c) Outward.
(d) Movement.

Short Answer Questions

1. The later interviews with a patient should delve more deeply into the _________ of the patient so as to discern the best possible treatment.

2. Sacks discusses the way that ________ can change in people who are in the middle of a migraine attack.

3. Sacks does point out in this section that many people believe that migraines are _______________ in nature.

4. The _________ of a person who is suffering from a migraine becomes an important part of the study of migraines, according to Sacks.

5. Sacks does not believe there is a connection with _________ being a part of the chemical reaction that takes place during a headache.

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