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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How does Houghton feel about joining Serling's team?
(a) Nervous.
(b) Content.
(c) Upset.
(d) Enthusiastic.
2. Why did executives from the networks heavily censor the show's scripts?
(a) In order to placate sponsors.
(b) In order to attract sponsors.
(c) In order to placate the viewers.
(d) In order to be politically correct.
3. Executives were dead set against buying "The Twilight Zone" as a serial and were eventually convinced to take on the series by whom?
(a) Producer Bert Granet.
(b) The public.
(c) Producer Buck Houghton.
(d) Writer Rod Serling.
4. What happens when the psychiatrist is startled awake?
(a) He wonders where his patient went.
(b) He is confused about where he is.
(c) He looks at the clock on the wall.
(d) He knows that something is amiss.
5. What did executives think about Serling's new script?
(a) They thought it was too scary.
(b) They thought it was too predictable.
(c) They thought it was too strange.
(d) They thought it was depressing.
6. How did some refer to Houghton?
(a) As one of the best producers around.
(b) As a good manager.
(c) As one of the best writers around.
(d) As a good acting coach.
7. How does the hypochondriac die?
(a) A drug overdose.
(b) Alcohol poisoning.
(c) Cancer.
(d) A heart attack.
8. Who is Pete Jenson in this first episode?
(a) A part-time unsuccssful coach and bartender.
(b) A part-time successful bookie and bartender.
(c) A part-time successful coach and bartender.
(d) A part-time unsuccessful bookie and bartender.
9. What did Bob and Rod both like?
(a) Camping and fishing.
(b) Acting in plays and musical.
(c) Watching television.
(d) Reading and acting out science fiction pulps.
10. After reading the show's script, how did the CBS executives feel about the premise of "The Twilight Zone?"
(a) Enthusiastic.
(b) Worried.
(c) Confused.
(d) Upset.
11. Who was the man's only company on this asteroid?
(a) A robot designed to look and behave like a human woman.
(b) A picture of his wife.
(c) A volleyball.
(d) A young woman.
12. 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.
13. After the first year, Serling changed from physical education to what?
(a) Literature and language.
(b) English.
(c) Film.
(d) Theater.
14. Where was the filming of "The Lonely" completed?
(a) Warner Bros.
(b) Disney.
(c) Universal.
(d) MGM.
15. One of the episodes sponsored by the Ford Motor Company required that what be done?
(a) The Chrysler Building be blacked out of the skyline because the two companies were competitors.
(b) The president of the Ford company must be a guest actor.
(c) A Ford car be found in every scene.
(d) The name Ford must be mentioned one hundred times.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does this character strike a deal with the Devil?
2. This series was intended to bring what?
3. What was one way in which producers accomplished the goal mentioned in #26?
4. In 1946, Serling met who?
5. "This is the dimension of ______________."
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