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"Intensity" by Dean Koontz Trivia Quiz

How would you feel waking up in a house you're unfamiliar with, chasing a killer? Just ask Chyna Shepard how that worked out for her in the Dean Koontz novel, "Intensity". Good luck! SPOILER ALERT

A multiple-choice quiz by Dead Man Inc. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
Dead Man Inc

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
292,421

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
371

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. On their drive to Laura's house, we find out what college Chyna and her friend attend. Which college is it? Hint

Harvard

University of Oregon

Yale

University of California

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Question 2 of 10

2. After Chyna realizes that Laura and her family have been killed, she decides to follow the mysterious killer. What animal does the killer eat inside the Templeton home? Hint

Cat

Horse

Spider

Dog

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which of these words can you not spell using the killer's name in "Intensity"? Hint

Rage

Death

Dragon

Fear

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Question 4 of 10

4. What is the name of the girl in the cellar that Chyna becomes intrigued with? Hint

Ariel

Freedom

Jannet

Valorie

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Question 5 of 10

5. When the killer arrives home, he summons his four Doberman pincher dogs. What word, when said by the killer, make the dogs go into "attack mode"? Hint

Seuss

Killer

Attack

Nietzsche

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who, in the story, is the lover of the intense style of life? Hint

Edgler

Laura

Chyna

Gilbert

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Question 7 of 10

7. When Chyna comes into the killer's home and is taken down, she realizes that the house is extremely dirty and the killer doesn't keep it clean.

True

False

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Question 8 of 10

8. How long did it take Chyna Shepard to break out of the chained chair? Hint

7 Hours

9 Hours

8 Hours

6 Hours

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Question 9 of 10

9. Chyna killed the killer by using a pitchfork that was set on fire.

True

False

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Question 10 of 10

10. After many months of trying to cure her, Chyna finally helps her new daughter communicate. What did her daughter write on paper for the first time? Hint

I want to die

I want to live

I want to be happy

I want my father

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. On their drive to Laura's house, we find out what college Chyna and her friend attend. Which college is it?

Answer: University of California

Chyna Shepard and Laura Templeton are heading to Laura's house for their break from college. Laura begins the book driving extremely fast because she doesn't want to be late for dinner.

2. After Chyna realizes that Laura and her family have been killed, she decides to follow the mysterious killer. What animal does the killer eat inside the Templeton home?

Answer: Spider

The killer tells the spider to come to him and it does. When it is in his hand, he gobbles it up. Chyna almost throws up.

3. Which of these words can you not spell using the killer's name in "Intensity"?

Answer: Death

The killer has a very strange name, Edgler Foreman Vess. He explain that you can spell the following words with his unique name: God, fear, demon, save, rage, anger, dragon, forge, seed, semen, and free.

4. What is the name of the girl in the cellar that Chyna becomes intrigued with?

Answer: Ariel

Ariel is a girl that Edgler kidnapped and has kept in the cellar in his basement. Chyna finds out about this while Edgler kills two store clerks.

5. When the killer arrives home, he summons his four Doberman pincher dogs. What word, when said by the killer, make the dogs go into "attack mode"?

Answer: Nietzsche

When Edgler says Seuss, the dogs are out of attack mode. He trains these dogs to watch his home while he does the unthinkable things there.

6. Who, in the story, is the lover of the intense style of life?

Answer: Edgler

Edgler loves fear and death and living intensely. Everything he does, from killing to chewing aspirin, is intense. Chyna soon finds out how intense he really is.

7. When Chyna comes into the killer's home and is taken down, she realizes that the house is extremely dirty and the killer doesn't keep it clean.

Answer: False

Chyna actually realizes that Mr. Vess's home is very clean and orderly. When she first entered it, she thought she had come into the wrong house.

8. How long did it take Chyna Shepard to break out of the chained chair?

Answer: 8 Hours

Edgler left the house at noon and said he'd be back at midnight. She finally broke out of the chains at around eight o'clock, so that makes it eight hours. Chyna has the help of Ariel to get the hand chains off.

9. Chyna killed the killer by using a pitchfork that was set on fire.

Answer: False

When Chyna realized that Edgler was a cop, she had to throw him off the road somehow. When she hit his car with Edgler's own van, he rolled, but she crashed. When he came to kill her, she took out the lighter from the store and burned him.

10. After many months of trying to cure her, Chyna finally helps her new daughter communicate. What did her daughter write on paper for the first time?

Answer: I want to live

Chyna then takes her to the place when she saw the elk and said that they symbolized hope. We're never told if Ariel became normal, but I'm sure it turned out great. Thanks for playing!

Source: Author Dead Man Inc

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