Epilepsy Awareness Quiz
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Think you know everything there is to know about epilepsy? Here are ten questions that test your knowledge. Good Luck!
Questions and Answers
- 1.Doctors always know why someone has epilepsy.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 2.Which of these famous people in history had epilepsy?
- A.
Van Gogh
- B.
Michelangelo
- C.
Picasso
- D.
All of these people
- 3.This type of seizure, also called petit mal, is a brief episode of staring with impairment of awareness and responsiveness:
- A.
Myoclonic Seizure
- B.
Absence Seizure
- C.
Infantile Spasms
- D.
Tonic-Clonic Seizure
- 4.Something should be placed in the mouth of someone having a seizure.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.Is epilepsy contagious?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- C.
Sometimes
- 6.The following describes the estimate of new cases of epilepsy per year:
- A.
5,000
- B.
25,000
- C.
131,000
- D.
300,000
- 7.A seizure is a sudden burst of __________ in your __________.
- A.
Electricity, Brain
- B.
Blood, Brain
- C.
Electricity, Heart
- D.
All of the above
- 8.Which of the following is a treatment for epilepsy?
- A.
Ketogenic diet
- B.
Antiepileptic medications
- C.
Vagus Nerve Stimulator
- D.
All of the above
- 9.The percentage of people becoming seizure free for five years on medication is
- A.
10%
- B.
50%
- C.
70%
- D.
90%
- 10.The word epilepsy, which means "to seize," comes from what language?
- A.
Italian
- B.
French
- C.
Greek
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