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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Unusual __________ occur in about one tenth of patients, according to the descriptions in the book.
(a) Bowel movements.
(b) Movements.
(c) Word patterns.
(d) Colors.

2. One man experienced a ________ sensation in his left foot during the course of a migraine.
(a) Tickling.
(b) Tingling.
(c) Trembling.
(d) Pain.

3. Sometimes, there might be sections of vision during a migraine which are ___________.
(a) Blank.
(b) Choppy.
(c) Filled with colors.
(d) Swirling.

4. Some people will have troubles understanding __________ as a result of an aura which precedes a migraine.
(a) Decisions.
(b) Language.
(c) Music.
(d) Movement.

5. Sometimes the feeling of _________ is reported during the experience of a migraine, in some patients.
(a) Terror.
(b) Anger.
(c) Rage.
(d) Flushing.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Sacks says that _________ may prompt a migraine or might be a part of the unit of the overall event.

3. The man who always _______ to end his migraine attacks had to find a new way of relieving his pain.

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sacks have to say about the connection between family members who experience migraines?

2. What does Sacks decide is the cause of a woman's migraines that occur on a monthly basis?

3. What causes it to be difficult to determine the difference between migraines and epilepsy?

4. What did the fifty-three year old female patient say characterized the start of her migraines?

5. What are the symptoms that the German physician has when he has his migraines?

6. What is the German physician's experience with migraines, according to the beginning of the book?

7. What do some researchers feel is not a cause of migraines as adults, according to Sacks' research?

8. What is something that Sacks has never seen, but he has heard of in relation to the aura before a migraine?

9. What can often be a secondary factor to the migraine pain, according to the author of this book?

10. What are the causes of serious losses of fluids during the experience of a migraine, according to Sacks?

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