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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Six: The Fourth Season 1963.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does this character admit to killing his wife?
(a) He wants to feel the effects of the electric chair.
(b) He wants others to know how powerful he is.
(c) He does not love her.
(d) He feels guilty about what he had done.

3. How did Serling feel as the censorship increased?
(a) He became more worried.
(b) He became more frustrated.
(c) He became more safe.
(d) He became more angry.

4. The fourth season of "The Twilight Zone" brought what?
(a) Noticeable changes.
(b) Subtle changes.
(c) Some changes.
(d) Very few changes.

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 Lonely.
(b) Two.
(c) Where is Everybody?
(d) The Time Element.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The story was made even more interesting by the fact that the two actors were cast __________________ what would be expected.

3. Since "The Time Element" had already appeared on the "Desilu Playhouse," what was Serling required to do?

4. Did Serling get a break from writing for the show while teaching at Antioch College?

5. Over the next nine months Serling wrote _______ scripts, each falling into one of three basic categories: fantasy, science fiction, and horror.

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