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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. How does Charley feel when he sees a beautiful mechanical doll seated at a miniature harpsichord playing Mozart's Piano Sonata in A Major?
(a) Worried.
(b) Scared.
(c) Annoyed.
(d) Fascinated.

2. In the dream, Jenson attempts to warn people about what?
(a) The impending attack on Pearl Harbor.
(b) The impending war in the Pacific.
(c) The impending war in Korea.
(d) The impending war in Europe.

3. What did executives think about Serling's new script?
(a) They thought it was too strange.
(b) They thought it was depressing.
(c) They thought it was too scary.
(d) They thought it was too predictable.

4. Corrigan is drugged, and by the time he wakes, what has happened?
(a) Lincoln has died.
(b) He has been born.
(c) His parents have been married.
(d) Washington's inauguration is over.

5. How is this show about the B-52 bomber similar to previous shows?
(a) A character finds himself alone facing bizarre circumstances.
(b) A character has to find help when facing difficult circumstances.
(c) Someone disappears.
(d) Ghosts appear to the living.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when the psychiatrist is startled awake?

2. The positive response convinced CBS executives to do what?

3. What was the main objection of television executives?

4. Who is Pete Jenson in this first episode?

5. In what episode does Serling present a story of a man who attempts to warn the Army before the attack on Pearl Harbor?

(see the answer key)

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