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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. When Jenson awakes, he calls a phone number attached to the name of the ensign. A woman answers the phone and tells Jenson what?
(a) Her son, the ensign, was killed in Germany.
(b) Her son, the ensign, is living in Hawaii with his wife.
(c) Her son, the ensign, and his wife had been killed at Pearl Harbor.
(d) Her son, the ensign, is sitting right next to her.

2. Serling had written a number of __________ before and during college and had hopes of seeing one or more of those works come to fruition.
(a) Books.
(b) Operas.
(c) Plays.
(d) Scripts.

3. Fortunately for Serling, ____________________ was still a relatively new medium.
(a) Television.
(b) Advertising.
(c) Film.
(d) Radio.

4. Who would eventually deliver the opening narration?
(a) Houghton.
(b) Kramer.
(c) Nelson.
(d) Serling.

5. Around whom does "Escape Clause" revolve?
(a) Mr. Pete Jenson.
(b) Mr. Sterling Hayden.
(c) Mr. Al Denton.
(d) Mr. Walter Bedeker.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would eventually become synonymous with "The Twilight Zone?"

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

3. While in the service, Serling trained as what?

4. Serling went into freelance writing, an occupation that was what?

5. " It is a __________ ground between light and shadow, and it lies between the pit of man's fear and the sunlight of his knowledge."

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