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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. How does this character strike a deal with the Devil?
(a) By trading his soul to be the most handsome man alive.
(b) By trading his soul for immortality.
(c) By trading his soul for wealth.
(d) By trading his soul to be the best baseball player.

2. How does the hypochondriac die?
(a) A heart attack.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Alcohol poisoning.
(d) A drug overdose.

3. Who would eventually deliver the opening narration?
(a) Serling.
(b) Nelson.
(c) Kramer.
(d) Houghton.

4. After the first year, Serling changed from physical education to what?
(a) Literature and language.
(b) Theater.
(c) English.
(d) Film.

5. Why did television executives not allow the character to warn the Army?
(a) The company was afraid the government would take the show off the air.
(b) The company does not like the Army.
(c) Many members of the company were veterans.
(d) The company was afraid of offending the Pentagon.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Serling had written a number of __________ before and during college and had hopes of seeing one or more of those works come to fruition.

3. Serling would maintain what percent ownership of the series, plus the original films?

4. What was the main objection of television executives?

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

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