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

2. What did Bob and Rod both like?
(a) Camping and fishing.
(b) Watching television.
(c) Acting in plays and musical.
(d) Reading and acting out science fiction pulps.

3. Now that the series was on its way, Serling was given the task of doing what?
(a) Writing the opening narration.
(b) Hiring actors.
(c) Rehearsing scenes with actors.
(d) Finding celebrities to be in his episodes.

4. Serling was beginning to discover that the ideas ____________________ they had before the show began.
(a) Came faster than.
(b) Were better than.
(c) Were not as good as.
(d) Did not come as fast as.

5. Besides being a writer, Serling was called upon to play another role. What role was that?
(a) Actor.
(b) Set designer.
(c) Giving a plug to the sponsoring company.
(d) Casting director.

Short Answer Questions

1. How might Serling's time working on this screenplay be described?

2. After reading the show's script, how did the CBS executives feel about the premise of "The Twilight Zone?"

3. About what is "The Thirteenth Mannequin?"

4. Now that the series was underway, Rod Serling requested that _________________ continue to work as the show's producer.

5. What did some fans even invent?

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