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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. What is always present to some degree, even if it varies from one migraine case to another?
(a) Nausea.
(b) Tremors.
(c) Anger.
(d) Depression.

2. Where is the physicist du Bois Reymond from, according to the descriptions in this manuscript?
(a) Spain.
(b) Germany.
(c) Hungary.
(d) Austria.

3. Many people who are experiencing migraines may seem to become _________ before they begin to show any other signs.
(a) Irritable.
(b) Sad.
(c) Happy.
(d) Excited.

4. When ________ happens and it is not followed by a headache, it can be confusing and misinterpreted by the person experiencing it.
(a) Nausea.
(b) An aura.
(c) A dream.
(d) A pain.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What tends to increase over the course of an experience of a migraine headache?

2. Sometimes auras can be so powerful so as to have the appearance of a __________ in some patients.

3. The central symptoms of a migraine are described as disorders of ________ in this book.

4. What can be impossible when the pain of a migraine is intense, according to this book?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the five categories of aural symptoms, according to Sacks in this book?

2. What is the problem that Sacks has with saying that migraines can run in families?

3. Why do many migraine sufferers tend to rub one side of their head when they are in the midst of a migraine?

4. What can be confusing about an aura's presence, according to Sacks in this book?

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

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

7. What does Sacks have to say are some of the causes of circumstantial migraine, according to the book?

8. What is the common cause of migraines for younger patients, with the attack happening after instead of during the activity?

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

10. What is the meaning of aura, as Sacks uses the term in this section?

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