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

2. How might Serling's time working on this screenplay be described?
(a) Exciting.
(b) Educational.
(c) Problematic.
(d) Unique.

3. The American Tobacco Company became the new sponsor of the series, replacing who?
(a) The General.
(b) Key Foods.
(c) General Mills.
(d) General Foods.

4. Serling was beginning to discover that the ideas ____________________ they had before the show began.
(a) Did not come as fast as.
(b) Came faster than.
(c) Were not as good as.
(d) Were better than.

5. This janitor is disgruntled over the high prices of 1890 and decides to utilize a time travel helmet to send himself forward to what year?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1963.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room" revolves around who?

2. The show was finally renewed, but what was changed?

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

4. Who was the new producer brought on board?

5. What lands Charley in an asylum?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Rod Serling feeling by the beginning of the third season?

2. What is disappointing about "Miniature"?

3. How did Houghton feel about working with Buster Keaton? Why?

4. How is "King Nine Will Not Return" similar to previous shows? How is it unique?

5. What other duties did Serling have that added to his fatigue?

6. What was unique about the interest of major stars in this series?

7. What did followers do to show their loyalty to "The Twilight Zone"?

8. Describe "Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room."

9. How did this lawsuit affect "Miniature"?

10. Describe "Once Upon a Time".

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