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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Martin Sloan?
(a) A 36-year-old successful banker.
(b) A 36-year-old president of a corporation.
(c) A 36-year-old movie executive.
(d) A 36-year-old vice president of an ad agency.

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

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

4. 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) Plays.
(b) Books.
(c) Scripts.
(d) Operas.

5. In the dream, Jenson attempts to warn people about what?
(a) The impending attack on Pearl Harbor.
(b) The impending war in Korea.
(c) The impending war in Europe.
(d) The impending war in the Pacific.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did executives from the networks heavily censor the show's scripts?

2. After graduation, the Serlings moved where?

3. When was Rod Serling born?

4. Why could "The Twilight Zone" not be filmed permanently at Universal?

5. Has Jenson ever been to Honolulu?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe "Escape Clause."

2. What is the purpose of this book?

3. How was "Playhouse 90" a good experience for Serling?

4. What is the initial idea for "The Time Element?" Why is it rejected?

5. What does Serling have to do now that this first episode appeared on the "Desilu Playhouse?" Why?

6. Why was Serling able to break into television?

7. Why does Houghton refer to "Walking Distance" as one of the best shows created in "The Twilight Zone?"

8. What does the psychiatrist do after being shook up by his session with Pete Jenson? What does the psychiatrist learn?

9. How was "Playhouse 90" a negative experience?

10. What were the contractual agreements made by Serling?

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