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7 Chuck Palahniuk quizzes and 80 Chuck Palahniuk trivia questions.
1.
  Characters in 'Haunted'    
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
'Haunted,' by Chuck Palahniuk, has only 19 characters, each with a dark secret. Can you match the secret to the character?
Average, 20 Qns, Czolgolz, Apr 29 11
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Czolgolz
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  General "Fight Club"   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
General questions from my second favorite book by my favorite author, Chuck Palahniuk. WARNING! : Includes spoilers!
Average, 10 Qns, JorbiK, Mar 18 09
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JorbiK
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  "Fight Club" by Chuck Palahniuk    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a quiz on the book "Fight Club."
Difficult, 10 Qns, teenagelectric, Sep 02 09
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teenagelectric
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  "Haunted" by Chuck Palahniuk   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
From the author of the novel-turned-movie "Fight Club". Chuck Palahniuk, one of the greatest modern literary authors, brings us a humorous, philosophical and gut-wrenching novel.
Difficult, 10 Qns, vismund_cygnus, Apr 22 11
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vismund_cygnus
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  Chuck Palahniuk Novels    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A quick test on Chuck Palahniuk novels.
Average, 10 Qns, TarantinoWhiz, Feb 03 08
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  Book and Movie Differences #2 "Fight Club"    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Chuck Palahniuk wrote the genius novel of "Fight Club". In 1999 a movie was released that was based on this novel. This quiz is on the differences between the novel and movie. This is the second in my series of quizzes on Book and Movie Differences.
Average, 10 Qns, REfan76, Apr 18 10
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  Characters From a Twisted Mind    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Chuck Palahnuick is the often controversial author of 11 novels and several nonfiction books. This quiz is all about characters from his fictional works.
Average, 10 Qns, AlchemyGirl, Sep 12 11
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AlchemyGirl
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trivia question Quick Question
At the beginning, when Tyler tells the main character that they won't really die, what does the main character say Tyler is thinking of?

From Quiz "General "Fight Club""




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  Contemporary Literature and Fiction [Literature] (23 quizzes)

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Chuck Palahniuk Trivia Questions
1. "I'm pregnant by a man I met on a local talk show."

From Quiz Characters in 'Haunted'

Answer: Miss America

Miss America was the inventor of an exercise wheel that she used to shill on local talk shows. She dies in childbirth late in the novel.

2. Tyler Durden is the primary character in which of Chuck Palahniuk's novels?

From Quiz Characters From a Twisted Mind

Answer: Fight Club

Tyler Durden is the creator of a soap, made from human fat, and the co-creator of Fight Club. He delivers the most recognized line of the movie adaptation: "Welcome to Fight Club. The first rule of Fight Club is: you do not talk about Fight Club."

3. Where does "Fight Club" start out?

From Quiz General "Fight Club"

Answer: On top of the Parker-Morris building

"Fight Club" starts out with Tyler holding a gun in the narrator's mouth on top of the soon-to-be-blown-up Parker-Morris building.

4. Which character shares his name with an animal, has long blonde hair, and becomes a reviver of road kill?

From Quiz Chuck Palahniuk Novels

Answer: Oyster

Oyster is from the book "Lullaby".

5. "Fight Club" started as a short story; what chapter in the book is the original short story?

From Quiz "Fight Club" by Chuck Palahniuk

Answer: 6

Chuck Palahniuk wrote the short story about when he got a black eye after getting into a fight while camping. When he returned to work the next week, no one asked him about it.

6. Who was the bus driver in the novel?

From Quiz "Haunted" by Chuck Palahniuk

Answer: Saint Gut-Free

The cheese puff munching saint of, well, "shaking hands with the president", so to say, was the one driving the bus for all the participants of the Writer's Retreat.

7. Both the book and movie started off near the end of the story. Which one gave a flashback?

From Quiz Book and Movie Differences #2 "Fight Club"

Answer: both

Most of the movie and the book was just a big flashback from the narrator. Those who believe his name is Tyler Durden are wrong, the narrator's name is never given.

8. "I paid a man to seduce my ex-girlfriend and then dump her, so I could win her back on the rebound."

From Quiz Characters in 'Haunted'

Answer: The Matchmaker

The Matchmaker is a cowboy whose family history involves an especially gory story from the Second World War. The Matchmaker meets a similar end.

9. What does Marla steal and sell?

From Quiz General "Fight Club"

Answer: Jeans

Marla steals jeans from the dry cleaners and sells them across the street.

10. In the book "Invisable Monsters", Brandy Alexander's old identity was the narrator's __________.

From Quiz Chuck Palahniuk Novels

Answer: Brother

Yes, it's true The Princess Brandy Alexander used to be male. You can tell from her huge hands that are mentioned throughout the book.

11. In the novel, Marla gets a "collagen trust fund". Who sends her the collagen?

From Quiz "Fight Club" by Chuck Palahniuk

Answer: Her mother

Marla leaves her collagen at the Paper Street house. It ends up as soap.

12. How many people (not counting the narrator) in all went to the Writer's Retreat?

From Quiz "Haunted" by Chuck Palahniuk

Answer: 19

They are (in no particular order): Mr. Whittier, Mrs. Clark, Saint Gut-Free, Mother Nature, Lady Baglady, Miss America, Duke of Vandals, Agent Tattletale, Earl of Slander, Comrade Snarky, Miss Sneezy, Chef Assassin, Sister Vigilante, Reverend Godless, Director Denial, Baroness Frostbite, the Countess Foresight, the Matchmaker and the Missing Link. Although Mr. Whittier was the founder of the retreat, he was still involved with the storytelling amongst the group.

13. In both the book and movie Tyler goes to save Marla from her accidental attempted suicide. In which did he notice a certain item in Marla's apartment that she told him wasn't a threat to him?

From Quiz Book and Movie Differences #2 "Fight Club"

Answer: both

I can't really say what that item is, but if you've seen the movie or read the book you'll know what it is. In the movie Tyler had found the phone off the hook from when Marla had called the Narrator. In the book Marla called back and Tyler picked up.

14. "I killed the private detective who was investigating my worker's comp case. Then I took his place."

From Quiz Characters in 'Haunted'

Answer: Agent Tattletale

The Agent murdered the PI who was about to expose his fraudulent worker's comp claim. He then became an investigator himself, and was almost killed in similar circumstances. The Agent perpetually films the other characters, then tapes over his recordings.

15. Who is the older brother of the protagonist in Palahniuk's "Invisible Monsters"?

From Quiz Characters From a Twisted Mind

Answer: Shane

This novel is about a model who is involved in a disfiguring accident that leaves her without a lower jaw.

16. Why does the main character go to support groups?

From Quiz General "Fight Club"

Answer: Insomnia

He goes to the doctor about his insomnia and his doctor tell him if he wants to see real pain, he should go to support groups.

17. According the the novel, where did the narrator travel to after college?

From Quiz "Fight Club" by Chuck Palahniuk

Answer: Ireland

This is where he goes to in the chemical burn scene. Rather than retreating to his cave and finding his power animal, he remembers the time he peed on the Blarney Stone.

18. Mrs. Clark had a daughter who joined the same retreat before Mrs. Clark herself; what was her name?

From Quiz "Haunted" by Chuck Palahniuk

Answer: Cassandra

Cassandra Clark, the daughter of Tess Clark that looked inside "The Nightmare Box", turned bonkers and joined the Writer's Retreat of Whittier. She was found dead in the woods after escaping from her mother for the last time.

19. In both the book and the movie Tyler meets the Narrator after the Narrator falls asleep. In which did they meet on an airplane?

From Quiz Book and Movie Differences #2 "Fight Club"

Answer: movie

In the book they met at an empty nude beach when Tyler has finished making a natural clock that was only perfect for one minute. Tyler then says that a minute is all that you should expect of perfection.

20. "I used to drive a tour bus, taking gullible foreigners to see the locations of my own tragic history."

From Quiz Characters in 'Haunted'

Answer: Saint Gut-Free

That's not really the Saint's secret (though it is part of his story). His actual secret, if you read it, might cause you to lose your lunch all over the keyboard. Author Palahniuk likes to read the Saint's chapter to audiences and won't stop, no matter how many people faint. You've been warned.

21. At what meeting does the main character in Palahniuk's 2001 novel "Choke" meet his friend and eventual coworker?

From Quiz Characters From a Twisted Mind

Answer: Sex Addiction Support Group

In "Choke" the protagonist, Victor, fakes choking so that people will save him and ultimately keep in touch with him through cards and letters. He often sends letters to those who save him detailing fake bills that he cannot pay. People respond by sending him money which he uses to keep his mother in an expensive medical facility.

22. Who blows up the main character's apartment?

From Quiz General "Fight Club"

Answer: Tyler

Tyler tells the narrator he doesn't need all his material possessions. He learns this the hard way, obviously.

23. In the movie "Fight Club", our main character is unofficially called Jack, while reading stories from a body part's point of view. Ex. "I am Jack's Lungs." A different name is used in the book. What is it?

From Quiz Chuck Palahniuk Novels

Answer: Joe

In the movie this character, played by Edward Norton, is known by several different names, such as Cornelius, Rupurt, and Tyler. But none of these are his real name.

24. How much blood can you swallow before you get sick?

From Quiz "Fight Club" by Chuck Palahniuk

Answer: A pint

The narrator's boss won't let him run the presentation with a black eye and stitches. Probably a good thing because his stitches open and he starts swallowing blood.

25. Each person had to tell a story, but some told more than just one. How many stories did Mrs. Clark tell?

From Quiz "Haunted" by Chuck Palahniuk

Answer: four

She told four stories in between other people's stories. The first being her sex tape with her husband, then the three succeeding stories were primarily about her daughter Cassandra.

26. In both the movie and the book the Narrator shoots himself in the mouth to kill Tyler. In which did he get up and talk to the Project Mayhem members and Marla?

From Quiz Book and Movie Differences #2 "Fight Club"

Answer: movie

In the book the chapter ended with "I pulled the trigger" and then continued with him in an asylum that he referrs to as Heaven (he calls his doctor God). In the movie the Narrator got up, bleeding crazily, and asked the Project Mayhem members to leave him alone with Marla, who in the movie isn't so willing to be around the Narrator.

27. "I assaulted someone at my women's support group."

From Quiz Characters in 'Haunted'

Answer: Comrade Snarky

Comrade Snarky is one of the characters who die in the course of the book. She admits to taking part in an attack on someone who she suspected of being a man who'd had a sex change, but may have actually been a genetic female.

28. In "Lullaby", which character is a newspaper reporter who finds a song that can cause instant death to the person it is sung to?

From Quiz Characters From a Twisted Mind

Answer: Carl

In "Lullaby", both Carl and Helen have lost someone to the culling spell, and want to destroy all copies of the book. Mona and Oyster, on the other hand, want to see want other spells are in the grimoire that contained the culling spell.

29. At first, there are only six rules to Fight Club. Later on, Tyler adds another rule. What is it?

From Quiz General "Fight Club"

Answer: If it's your first time at Fight Club, you have to fight

After Fight Club gains a lot of members, Tyler makes all the newcomers fight first. The other rules were established at the first real Fight Club.

30. What is the main character's name in "Choke"?

From Quiz Chuck Palahniuk Novels

Answer: Victor

Victor Mancini is a ruthless con artist, and a med-school dropout who's taken a job in a colonial-era theme park in order to help care for his Alzheimer's-afflicted mother.

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