Well, let's take these one at a time, without the multiple choice options.
An In-Depth Study into the Impact on Society of Gene Roddenberry’s Creation
(This might be a good time to point out that you're talking about "Star Trek" and not, say, "The Lieutenant", "Earth: Final Conflict" or "Andromeda").
1. How culturally significant would you say Star Trek was at the time of production?
In general, about as significant as any other show on the air that made an effort to make a difference culturally, in some respects a bit more since it was the first time an adult science fiction show had been attempted in prime time on a major network, but the times they were a' changin'. The time was ripe for a show like Star Trek to come along (not necessarily succeed, but at least show up) and start talking about stuff that everyone else was talking about, but couldn't discuss on television. The problem was that the ratings system was still geared for shows like "Leave It To Beaver" and not so much on the more cutting edge shows. So the show's cultural significance didn't really manifest until it hit the syndication market in the 70's. But the seeds were definitely planted during the network run.
2. Did any Star Trek episode make you think about how current affairs can be similar to futuristic conflicts?
That's kind of the whole point of science fiction, take a present day situation and put it in an alternate setting (not necessarily "futuristic") so that we can see it from a fresh perspective and maybe learn something we didn't know before.
3. Were the characters on the show relatable to any figures in you life? E.g. Political figures, friends, relatives, idols ETC
Well, Abe Lincoln did show up once.
Seriously, the question isn't exactly if the characters are relatable to figures in your life, but how well
you can relate to the characters (this isn't just a Star Trek question, it's any work of fiction; the better you can relate to the characters, the better the story works).
4. If you watched Star Trek: The Next Generation, what was your opinion of the Reoccurring entity known as “Q”?
Q is basically
Roddenberry ex Machina. A way to skip all that tedious setting up of a dilemma and working out a rationale for humanity to prove itself, throw in Q and there's half the work done for you, with the simple invocation of a single letter. And, as an added bonus, you don't have to work the story out so that the audience asks the big question, Q can do it right there, in dialogue, so that there's no question whatsoever regarding the point of the episode.
5. Did you recognize certain alien species as a way to represent different countries on modern day Earth? If so please state.
Too simplistic. The Klingons owed as much to Ming the Merciless as they did to the Soviet Union, and the Romulans (a nice mashup of Vulcans and ancient Romans) got compared to the Chinese only because the Klingons already had dibs on the Russians. Don't try to read too much into the material.
6. Do you think Star Trek The Original Series did well to show the Cold War in a futuristic concept?
Again, too simplistic. Star Trek probably dealt with the Cold War more directly than most other shows on the air, but even then, it didn't do it very often, and the point wasn't to put it in a "futuristic concept" but to use that futuristic setting to give the audience a fresh perspective on the Cold War
in the present day.
7. Would you think problems in Star Trek can be related to problems in the modern world?
Again, the problems presented in Star Trek were, more often than not, analogies to present day problems, so, of course, they're relatable, they're
written that way.
8. Do you think there are any alterations Gene Roddenberry could have made to make the series convey the information more easily? If so, please state.
Not without jeopardizing the show's ability to stay on the air, either by compromising the entertainment value of the show or crossing one too many guidelines laid down by Standard & Practices (a.k.a. the network censors). It wasn't until TNG (with late 80's sensibilities and no network to answer to) that they could do a show dealing directly with drugs, abortion, and other subjects that couldn't even be vaguely referred to when TOS was on the air (remember, back then you couldn't even say the word "pregnant", even when in the context of a happily married couple, like Rob and Laura Petrie; you had to say they were "with child" or "expecting").
