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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: The First Season 1959-1960.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After completing basic training, Sterling was sent in to combat where?
(a) The Pacific.
(b) The Indian.
(c) The Mediterranean.
(d) The Atlantic.

2. Serling was encouraged to do what?
(a) Write more scripts.
(b) Become an editor.
(c) Quit writing.
(d) Make several scripts into movies.

3. What did Bob and Rod both like?
(a) Acting in plays and musical.
(b) Camping and fishing.
(c) Reading and acting out science fiction pulps.
(d) Watching television.

4. Over the next nine months Serling wrote _______ scripts, each falling into one of three basic categories: fantasy, science fiction, and horror.
(a) 48.
(b) 28.
(c) 38.
(d) 18.

5. In what episode does Serling present a story of a man who attempts to warn the Army before the attack on Pearl Harbor?
(a) Where is Everybody?
(b) Two.
(c) The Time Element.
(d) The Lonely.

Short Answer Questions

1. CBS executives were finally on board with Serling's work and what happened?

2. How does Houghton refer to "Walking Distance?"

3. What caused many complications at this location?

4. Why does this character admit to killing his wife?

5. After the move, Rod went to work as a staff writer for whom?

(see the answer key)

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