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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does "Mr. Denton on Doomsday" detail?
(a) The life of Al Denton, a cowboy turned actor.
(b) The life of Al Denton, a corporate lawyer.
(c) The life of Al Denton, a feared gunslinger-turned town drunk.
(d) The life of Al Denton, a school teacher turned priest.

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

3. Where was the filming of "The Lonely" completed?
(a) MGM.
(b) Warner Bros.
(c) Disney.
(d) Universal.

4. " It is a __________ ground between light and shadow, and it lies between the pit of man's fear and the sunlight of his knowledge."
(a) Fore.
(b) Back.
(c) Side.
(d) Middle.

5. For what position was Buck Houghton suggested?
(a) Producer.
(b) Manager.
(c) Writer.
(d) Acting coach.

6. Serling's older brother Bob often jokes that the family could not get Rod to do what?
(a) Laugh.
(b) Talk.
(c) Smile.
(d) Shut up.

7. What caused many complications at this location?
(a) The rough foliage of Yellow Stone.
(b) The extreme heat of Death Valley.
(c) The bears in the Smoky Mountains.
(d) The steep walls of the Grand Canyon.

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

9. Has Jenson ever been to Honolulu?
(a) Yes, but only once.
(b) No.
(c) Yes, many times.
(d) Yes, just recently.

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

11. Serling's girlfriend recalls that Serling had a reputation of being what?
(a) A ladies man.
(b) Very busy.
(c) Very serious.
(d) A popular man.

12. After graduation, the Serlings moved where?
(a) Cincinnati.
(b) Toledo.
(c) Columbus.
(d) Cleveland.

13. CBS would own the remaining what percent of the show?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Zero.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Fifty.

14. Rod resided in Binghamto until he joined the Army at what age?
(a) 20.
(b) 21.
(c) 18.
(d) 19.

15. The position enabled Serling to gain a reputation as what?
(a) An unusual scriptwriter.
(b) A comedic scriptwriter.
(c) A mediocre scriptwriter.
(d) A solid and talented scriptwriter.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. "It is an area that might be called ________________."

3. Eventually, "The Time Element" would end up as _______________ the pilot episode of "The Twilight Zone."

4. After reading the show's script, how did the CBS executives feel about the premise of "The Twilight Zone?"

5. Who is Pete Jenson in this first episode?

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