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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. Around whom does "Escape Clause" revolve?
(a) Mr. Walter Bedeker.
(b) Mr. Al Denton.
(c) Mr. Sterling Hayden.
(d) Mr. Pete Jenson.

2. When were Serling and his fiancee married?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1951.

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

4. After reading the show's script, how did the CBS executives feel about the premise of "The Twilight Zone?"
(a) Upset.
(b) Worried.
(c) Enthusiastic.
(d) Confused.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Houghton decide to film the show?

2. How might Rod Serling be described?

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

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

5. In the dream, Jenson attempts to warn people about what?

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