The Twilight Zone Companion Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Marc Scott Zicree
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 131 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Twilight Zone Companion Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Marc Scott Zicree
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 131 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Who is Pete Jenson in this first episode?
(a) A part-time successful coach and bartender.
(b) A part-time unsuccessful bookie and bartender.
(c) A part-time successful bookie and bartender.
(d) A part-time unsuccssful coach and bartender.

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

3. What was the main objection of television executives?
(a) The Time Element and similar scripts were boring.
(b) The Time Element and similar scripts required celebrity actors.
(c) The Time Element and similar scripts were expensive.
(d) The Time Element and similar scripts were left open ended.

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

5. Serling would maintain what percent ownership of the series, plus the original films?
(a) Seventy.
(b) One hundred.
(c) Eighty.
(d) Fifty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the filming of "The Lonely" completed?

2. What would eventually become synonymous with "The Twilight Zone?"

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

4. Fortunately for Serling, ____________________ was still a relatively new medium.

5. After the move, Rod went to work as a staff writer for whom?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Serling's relationship with Carolyn Louise Kramer.

3. Who does Rod want to be the show's producer? Who becomes the producer? Why?

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

5. What task is Serling given, which is eventually delivered by him?

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

7. Describe "Walking Distance."

8. Why was Serling asked to write another script?

9. How was "Playhouse 90" a good experience for Serling?

10. How was "Playhouse 90" a negative experience?

(see the answer keys)

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