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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Entering The Twilight Zone.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 Buck Houghton.
(d) Producer Bert Granet.

2. Eventually, "The Time Element" would end up as _______________ the pilot episode of "The Twilight Zone."
(a) A precursor for.
(b) The same as.
(c) A replacement for.
(d) The opposite of.

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

4. Fortunately for Serling, ____________________ was still a relatively new medium.
(a) Film.
(b) Radio.
(c) Television.
(d) Advertising.

5. Serling would be required to write what percent of the scripts for the show's first season?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Eighty.
(c) Seventy.
(d) One hundred.

Short Answer Questions

1. What script told the story of an amnesiac who is unable to find another living person in a small town?.

2. Who is Pete Jenson in this first episode?

3. After completing basic training, Sterling was sent in to combat where?

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

5. In the dream, Jenson attempts to warn people about what?

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