1 Where does the novel primary take place? Jan Gay's house San Francisco The mental hospital The Palace 2 Who is Jan Gay's partner? Juan Zhenya Emma Goldman Nadia 3 Where did Juan and nene meet? The mental institution The Sex Variants study A gay bar Through friends 4 Juan recounts the entire plot of an epic poem by which of the following poets to nene? Petrarch Robert Browning Robert Lowell Homer 5 What year was homosexuality removed from the DSM? 2000 1974 1962 1950 6 What "syndrome" was Juan brought to the mental hospital for? Homosexuality Depression Puerto Rican Syndrome Munchausen Syndrome 7 What is the name of the form when you ink out parts of an existing text? Plagiarism Blackout or erasure poetry Sonnet Experimental prose 8 What structures the present day action of the novel? A conversation A wedding A memory of a single day A romance 9 What does nene do when Juan's body is taken out of the hospital? Look at his books Follow him out weeping Leave in the opposite direction Sit down and start writing the book 10 Which test does nene make a blackout poem from? The Citizenship Test The Masculinity-Femininity Test The Eye Exam The Mental Wellness Test 11 Where does nene go after Juan dies? France Home to San Francisco Back east through the desert West to Los Angeles 12 Who was Jan Gay's first crush? Her teacher Emma Goldman The researcher she co-authored with Juan 13 How long did Juan and nene know each other earlier in their lives? Three months Five years 18 days 1 day 14 What kind of doctor was Jan Gay's father? Family Doctor Gynecologist Psychologist Optometrist 15 What did Jan need in order to publish her research? The endorsement of a male doctor A strong thesis Money A dozen more participants 16 What famous artist lived with the Gays at one point? Frida Kahlo John Singer Sargent Edward Hopper Andy Warhol 17 What term does nene discover by Anna Freud? Chronic loser The id The subconscious Psychosexual desire 18 What item did nene think to be a precious gift from Juan? The blacked out copy of Sex Variants Cross necklace Diamond ring A suit 19 What is the name of Juan's "film" that he describes to nene? The Opening of a Door Last Days at the Palace Studies in Homosexuality Going the Distance 20 Who ends up the named author of Sex Variants? Thomas Dickinson Jan and Zhenya Gay George Henry DW Winnicott 21 What came to be the name of the place where the sex variant studies were conducted? The Castle The Palace of Observation The Factory The Talking Center 22 What job do nene and Liam take together at the start of their relationship? Grocery store clerks Elderly caretakers Advertising models Fermhands 23 How does nene metaphorize death? Fading to the black Slipping below the surface Going into the sun Falling over the edge 24 How did young Jan keep up with her father? Stories of him in the newspaper Updates passed on from her mother Letter correspondence Long phone calls every week 25 What was nene describing when he met Juan for the first time at the psychiatric hospital? The dryness of the desert A grey photo of an old couple in a room full of cats His experience during the flood A big band on the sidewalk