If a Person Goes Without Sleep for a Prolonged Period

question 118

Multiple Choice

If a person goes without sleep for a prolonged period of time,

• A) the person eventually has to catch up on every hour of sleep that he or she missed.
• B) sleepiness decreases at the end of a sleepless night, as morning arrives.
• C) after a couple of days it becomes impossible to concentrate even for a very brief period of time.
• D) the desire to sleep continues to increase steadily, in direct proportion to the period of deprivation.

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