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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. "Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room" revolves around who?
(a) 34-year-old Mr. Jackie Rhoades.
(b) 34-year-old Mr. Roger Jones.
(c) 34-year-old Mr. Joe Gibson.
(d) 34-year-old Mr. Chris Vivolo.

2. What happens when the psychiatrist is startled awake?
(a) He is confused about where he is.
(b) He looks at the clock on the wall.
(c) He knows that something is amiss.
(d) He wonders where his patient went.

3. To what do some surmise Serling's military experience was the beginning?
(a) His interest in science fiction.
(b) His lifelong battle with CBS.
(c) His interest in war.
(d) His lifelong battle with nightmares and depression.

4. In "Once Upon a Time," the story revolves around who?
(a) Woodrow Wilson.
(b) Amy Mulligan.
(c) Woodrow Mulligan.
(d) Meredith Wilson.

5. In what episode does Serling present a story of a man who attempts to warn the Army before the attack on Pearl Harbor?
(a) The Time Element.
(b) The Lonely.
(c) Where is Everybody?
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Serling feel as the censorship increased?

2. In 1953, when Serling's work appeared on television, how did the critics respond?

3. How does the hypochondriac die?

4. When Jenson awakes, he calls a phone number attached to the name of the ensign. A woman answers the phone and tells Jenson what?

5. Pittman manages to turn a volatile situation into ________________ tale.

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