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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: The First Season 1959-1960.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the man's only company on this asteroid?
(a) A young woman.
(b) A picture of his wife.
(c) A robot designed to look and behave like a human woman.
(d) A volleyball.

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

3. Now that the series was on its way, Serling was given the task of doing what?
(a) Writing the opening narration.
(b) Finding celebrities to be in his episodes.
(c) Hiring actors.
(d) Rehearsing scenes with actors.

4. After completing basic training, Sterling was sent in to combat where?
(a) The Indian.
(b) The Mediterranean.
(c) The Pacific.
(d) The Atlantic.

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. How might Rod Serling be described?

2. Serling was encouraged to do what?

3. Who is Pete Jenson in this first episode?

4. In 1956, Serling eventually landed a scriptwriting position for what?

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

(see the answer key)

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