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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the book MORE STORIES FROM THE TWILIGHT ZONE. written by Serling, go into its second printing?
(a) Two weeks after its initial release.
(b) One month after its initial release.
(c) Two months after its initial release.
(d) One week after its initial release.

2. How many of the 68 scripts had Rod written?
(a) 57.
(b) 37.
(c) 47.
(d) 67.

3. The premise of this first story is that a B-25 bomber falls out of the sky to land where?
(a) In China.
(b) In India.
(c) In Australia.
(d) In Africa.

4. The show was finally renewed, but what was changed?
(a) The type of plots.
(b) The format.
(c) The writers.
(d) The actors.

5. When the doctor and Charley's family arrive at the museum, what do they find?
(a) No miniature figures in the dollhouse.
(b) One minitiature figure in the dollhouse.
(c) Two miniature figures in the dollhouse.
(d) Three miniature figures in the dollhouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Perhaps the most disturbing episode of the second season is what?

2. The audience was happy to shell out their hard earned money on what?

3. How is this show about the B-52 bomber similar to previous shows?

4. Serling was beginning to discover that the ideas ____________________ they had before the show began.

5. Suddenly, Serling was faced with what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was unique about the interest of major stars in this series?

2. Describe the first episode of the third season.

3. How important was "The Twilight Zone" by the end of the third season?

4. What did followers do to show their loyalty to "The Twilight Zone"?

5. What does CBS decide at the end of the fourth season?

6. How was "The Twilight Zone" changed for the fourth season?

7. How is "King Nine Will Not Return" similar to previous shows? How is it unique?

8. How was Rod Serling feeling by the beginning of the third season?

9. Describe "A Game of Pool".

10. Describe "Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room."

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