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