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

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.
(a) Plays.
(b) Books.
(c) Scripts.
(d) Operas.

3. Serling was encouraged to do what?
(a) Write more scripts.
(b) Quit writing.
(c) Make several scripts into movies.
(d) Become an editor.

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

5. " It is a __________ ground between light and shadow, and it lies between the pit of man's fear and the sunlight of his knowledge."
(a) Middle.
(b) Fore.
(c) Back.
(d) Side.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what do some surmise Serling's military experience was the beginning?

2. How does Houghton feel about joining Serling's team?

3. Executives were dead set against buying "The Twilight Zone" as a serial and were eventually convinced to take on the series by whom?

4. When was Rod Serling born?

5. What was the main objection of television executives?

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