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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. When were Serling and his fiancee married?
(a) 1951.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1948.

2. How does the hypochondriac die?
(a) A heart attack.
(b) Alcohol poisoning.
(c) A drug overdose.
(d) Cancer.

3. How had the format been changed again?
(a) From a half hour show back to the hour-long format.
(b) From an hour-long show to a two-hour long mini-series.
(c) From a half hour show to a two-hour long mini-series.
(d) From an hour-long show back to the half hour format.

4. How many of the 68 scripts had Rod written?
(a) 37.
(b) 57.
(c) 67.
(d) 47.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Houghton decide to film the show?

2. How is this show about the B-52 bomber similar to previous shows?

3. Perhaps the most disturbing episode of the second season is what?

4. By the beginning of the third season, what was happening to Rod Serling?

5. Serling's older brother Bob often jokes that the family could not get Rod to do what?

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