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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. Serling would maintain what percent ownership of the series, plus the original films?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Seventy.
(c) Eighty.
(d) One hundred.

2. Serling would be required to write what percent of the scripts for the show's first season?
(a) One hundred.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Seventy.
(d) Eighty.

3. What was the main objection of television executives?
(a) The Time Element and similar scripts required celebrity actors.
(b) The Time Element and similar scripts were boring.
(c) The Time Element and similar scripts were left open ended.
(d) The Time Element and similar scripts were expensive.

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

5. What did some fans even invent?
(a) Songs related to the series.
(b) New characters related to the series.
(c) Products based on the new series.
(d) Toys based on the series.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Bob and Rod both like?

2. Who would eventually deliver the opening narration?

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

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

5. What story revolves around a man serving a 50-year sentence for murder on an isolated asteroid?

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