Answer: C
It's implied, which means it's neither directly stated nor invisible, but revealed, as stated in the question, through characters and/or events.
Confused, sounds like the best answer to me
The italicized word is <em>extremely </em>and the correct answer is intensive.
The word extremely is an adverb, which means that you can rule out <em>noun, adjective, </em>and <em>verb </em>immediately. You can also rule out <em>empty word </em>because <em>extremely </em>has a particular meaning on its own, which means that it cannot be empty. Thus, we are left with one option only - <em />intensive.