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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. Who is Martin Sloan?
(a) A 36-year-old successful banker.
(b) A 36-year-old vice president of an ad agency.
(c) A 36-year-old movie executive.
(d) A 36-year-old president of a corporation.

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

3. Eventually, "The Time Element" would end up as _______________ the pilot episode of "The Twilight Zone."
(a) The opposite of.
(b) A precursor for.
(c) A replacement for.
(d) The same as.

4. The position enabled Serling to gain a reputation as what?
(a) A mediocre scriptwriter.
(b) A solid and talented scriptwriter.
(c) A comedic scriptwriter.
(d) An unusual scriptwriter.

5. Over the next nine months Serling wrote _______ scripts, each falling into one of three basic categories: fantasy, science fiction, and horror.
(a) 48.
(b) 28.
(c) 38.
(d) 18.

Short Answer Questions

1. Does anyone believe the premonition?

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

3. Why did television executives not allow the character to warn the Army?

4. In order to gain his bearings, where does the psychiatrist go?

5. Why did executives from the networks heavily censor the show's scripts?

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