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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. What would eventually become synonymous with "The Twilight Zone?"
(a) Each script was expensive.
(b) Each script having a surprise ending.
(c) Each script was scary.
(d) Each script was weird.

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

3. Rod enlisted in what U.S. Army division?
(a) 13th Airborne Division.
(b) 3rd Infantry Division.
(c) 21st Cavalry Division.
(d) 11th Airborne Division.

4. 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, and his wife had been killed at Pearl Harbor.
(b) Her son, the ensign, was killed in Germany.
(c) Her son, the ensign, is sitting right next to her.
(d) Her son, the ensign, is living in Hawaii with his wife.

5. CBS executives were finally on board with Serling's work and what happened?
(a) A contract was considered.
(b) Serling wrote more scripts before he signed a contract.
(c) A contract was signed.
(d) A contract was broken.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did some refer to Houghton?

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

4. Who was the man's only company on this asteroid?

5. How does this character strike a deal with the Devil?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Serling able to break into television?

2. What does Serling do over the next nine months?

3. Why was the production of "Playhouse 90" difficult?

4. What is the original opening narration?

5. Why were the executives worried about buying "The Twilight Zone" as a serial?

6. What was Houghton's biggest concern for filming "The Lonely?"

7. What is the purpose of this book?

8. What were the contractual agreements made by Serling?

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

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

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