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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four: The Second Season 1960-1961.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was one of the first jobs assigned to Houghton?
(a) To find a studio in which to shoot the series.
(b) To write ten new scripts.
(c) To work with the actors on their dialogue.
(d) To make sure props had been purchased.

2. Serling would maintain what percent ownership of the series, plus the original films?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Seventy.
(c) Eighty.
(d) One hundred.

3. Executives were dead set against buying "The Twilight Zone" as a serial and were eventually convinced to take on the series by whom?
(a) Producer Bert Granet.
(b) Writer Rod Serling.
(c) Producer Buck Houghton.
(d) The public.

4. To when is Corrigan taken back in time?
(a) George Washington's inauguration.
(b) The date of his birth.
(c) His parents' wedding.
(d) The date of Abraham Lincoln's assassination.

5. How does the hypochondriac die?
(a) Cancer.
(b) A drug overdose.
(c) Alcohol poisoning.
(d) A heart attack.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did television executives not allow the character to warn the Army?

2. How does Houghton feel about joining Serling's team?

3. "This is the dimension of ______________."

4. Who has decided to give Mr. Dingle the strength of 300 men?

5. Serling would be required to write what percent of the scripts for the show's first season?

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