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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Five: The Third Season 1961-1962.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Executives were dead set against buying "The Twilight Zone" as a serial and were eventually convinced to take on the series by whom?
(a) Writer Rod Serling.
(b) Producer Buck Houghton.
(c) The public.
(d) Producer Bert Granet.

2. 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.

3. After completing basic training, Sterling was sent in to combat where?
(a) The Mediterranean.
(b) The Indian.
(c) The Atlantic.
(d) The Pacific.

4. What would eventually become synonymous with "The Twilight Zone?"
(a) Each script having a surprise ending.
(b) Each script was expensive.
(c) Each script was weird.
(d) Each script was scary.

5. When Corrigan returns, what has happened to William?
(a) He has disappeared.
(b) He is dead.
(c) He is poor.
(d) He is rich.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Serling feel as the censorship increased?

2. How is this show about the B-52 bomber similar to previous shows?

3. With whom is this attempted in "Mr. Dingle, The Strong?"

4. When Mr. Dingle discovers his new-found strength, what does he begin to do?

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

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