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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What story revolves around a man serving a 50-year sentence for murder on an isolated asteroid?
(a) The Time Element.
(b) Two.
(c) The Lonely.
(d) Playhouse 90.

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

3. Why does the main character in this story attempt suicide?
(a) He feels hopeless.
(b) He wants to die.
(c) He wants to show the Devil that he could die.
(d) He is fascinated with the fact that he is unable to die.

4. "This is the dimension of ______________."
(a) Love.
(b) Imagination.
(c) Insanity.
(d) Fear.

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

6. "It is an area that might be called ________________."
(a) Twilight.
(b) The Zone.
(c) New Moon.
(d) The Twilight Zone.

7. After graduation, the Serlings moved where?
(a) Columbus.
(b) Cleveland.
(c) Toledo.
(d) Cincinnati.

8. Does anyone believe the premonition?
(a) No.
(b) Yes, only a few people.
(c) Yes, most people.
(d) Yes, everyone.

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

10. Since "The Time Element" had already appeared on the "Desilu Playhouse," what was Serling required to do?
(a) Help hire a new cast.
(b) Add more characters into the script.
(c) Write a new hour-long script.
(d) Write a half hour script.

11. Executives were dead set against buying "The Twilight Zone" as a serial and were eventually convinced to take on the series by whom?
(a) Writer Rod Serling.
(b) Producer Bert Granet.
(c) The public.
(d) Producer Buck Houghton.

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

13. Serling had written a number of __________ before and during college and had hopes of seeing one or more of those works come to fruition.
(a) Operas.
(b) Books.
(c) Scripts.
(d) Plays.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who would eventually deliver the opening narration?

2. The positive response convinced CBS executives to do what?

3. Who was the man's only company on this asteroid?

4. Why could "The Twilight Zone" not be filmed permanently at Universal?

5. CBS executives were finally on board with Serling's work and what happened?

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