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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Six: The Fourth Season 1963.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Since "The Time Element" had already appeared on the "Desilu Playhouse," what was Serling required to do?
(a) Add more characters into the script.
(b) Help hire a new cast.
(c) Write a half hour script.
(d) Write a new hour-long script.

2. What does Jenson do about his recurring dream?
(a) He visits his mother.
(b) He visits a priest.
(c) He visits a psychiatrist.
(d) He tries to forget it.

3. Why did television executives not allow the character to warn the Army?
(a) The company was afraid the government would take the show off the air.
(b) The company does not like the Army.
(c) Many members of the company were veterans.
(d) The company was afraid of offending the Pentagon.

4. At the end of the fourth season, what did CBS decide to do, regarding "Twilight Zone?"
(a) Cancel it.
(b) Renew it for two more years.
(c) Renew it for five more years.
(d) Renew it for one more year.

5. What had CBS inadvertently changed?
(a) The plots.
(b) The purpose.
(c) The title.
(d) The writer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did executives think about Serling's new script?

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

3. Who would eventually deliver the opening narration?

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

5. To when is Corrigan taken back in time?

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