AKA MIP REVISION EXAMS ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated was organized on the campus of -
✔✔Howard University in Washington, D.C., in 1908
✔✔The inspiration for establishing Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated came from
- ✔✔Ethel Hedgeman Lyle
✔✔By whom was Ethel Hedgeman Lyle influenced? - ✔✔Tremain Robinson and
Elizabeth Appa Cook, school teachers
✔✔The first president of Alpha Kappa Alpha was - ✔✔Lucy Diggs Slowe
✔✔How are chapter program activities determined? - ✔✔By the International Program
Committee, as defined by the Supreme Basileus
✔✔Undergraduates may hold which of the following offices? - ✔✔Second Supreme
Anti-Basileus and Member-at-Large
✔✔All of these are standing committees of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated,
except - ✔✔Scholarship
✔✔The Director of the International Region is - ✔✔Carrie J. Clark
✔✔A transfer of the membership must be issued by - ✔✔Alpha Kappa Alpha Corporate
Office
✔✔The colors of Alpha Kappa Alpha - ✔✔Salmon Pink and Apple Green
✔✔The official flower of Alpha Kappa Alpha is the - ✔✔Pink Tea Rose
✔✔Membership in Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated may be classified as
, ______________. - ✔✔Undergraduate, Graduate, General, Associate, Honorary, Life
✔✔How often does the Boule meet? - ✔✔Biennially (every 2 years)
✔✔How many individuals were in the original group? - ✔✔9
✔✔What are the names of the original founders of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.? -
✔✔Ethel Hedgeman Lyle, Anna Easter Brown, Beulah Burke, Lillie Burke, Marjorie Hill,
Margaret Flagg Holmes, Lavinia Norman, Lucy Diggs Slowe, Marie Woolfolk Taylor
✔✔Name two facts about Ethel Hedgeman Lyle - ✔✔Named honorary Basileus
(president) at 1926 Boule—a title she carried until her death, which no other woman has
held and taught music
✔✔Name two facts about Anna Easter Brown - ✔✔First Tamiouchos Alpha Chapter &
Taught 31 years in Rocky Mount, NC
✔✔Name two facts about Beulah Burke - ✔✔Created organization name, motto &
colors & Taught Latin, German & English in Georgia & in Kansas City, MO
✔✔Name two facts about Lillie Burke - ✔✔Co-created organization motto & Participated
in organizing Xi Omega Chapter
✔✔Name two facts about Marjorie Hill - ✔✔First Ivy Beyond the Wall and Taught at
Morgan college in Lynchburg, VA
✔✔Name two facts about Margaret Flagg Holmes - ✔✔Member first Constitution &
Bylaws Committee & Avid traveleler
✔✔Name two facts about Lavinia Norman - ✔✔Presided over the first Ivy Day
celebration & Celebrated 100th birthday with a gala party
✔✔Name two facts about Lucy Diggs Slowe - ✔✔First Basileus (president) Alpha
Chapter & Drafted organization's constitution
✔✔When was Alpha Kappa Alpha founded? - ✔✔January 15, 1908
✔✔The Domestic Travel Tour was - ✔✔A one-week tour of cities which are significant
to Black history
✔✔When was the Domestic Travel Tour initiated? - ✔✔1969
✔✔When was AKA incorporated? - ✔✔January 29, 1913
QUESTIONS SET A+
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated was organized on the campus of -
✔✔Howard University in Washington, D.C., in 1908
✔✔The inspiration for establishing Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated came from
- ✔✔Ethel Hedgeman Lyle
✔✔By whom was Ethel Hedgeman Lyle influenced? - ✔✔Tremain Robinson and
Elizabeth Appa Cook, school teachers
✔✔The first president of Alpha Kappa Alpha was - ✔✔Lucy Diggs Slowe
✔✔How are chapter program activities determined? - ✔✔By the International Program
Committee, as defined by the Supreme Basileus
✔✔Undergraduates may hold which of the following offices? - ✔✔Second Supreme
Anti-Basileus and Member-at-Large
✔✔All of these are standing committees of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated,
except - ✔✔Scholarship
✔✔The Director of the International Region is - ✔✔Carrie J. Clark
✔✔A transfer of the membership must be issued by - ✔✔Alpha Kappa Alpha Corporate
Office
✔✔The colors of Alpha Kappa Alpha - ✔✔Salmon Pink and Apple Green
✔✔The official flower of Alpha Kappa Alpha is the - ✔✔Pink Tea Rose
✔✔Membership in Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated may be classified as
, ______________. - ✔✔Undergraduate, Graduate, General, Associate, Honorary, Life
✔✔How often does the Boule meet? - ✔✔Biennially (every 2 years)
✔✔How many individuals were in the original group? - ✔✔9
✔✔What are the names of the original founders of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.? -
✔✔Ethel Hedgeman Lyle, Anna Easter Brown, Beulah Burke, Lillie Burke, Marjorie Hill,
Margaret Flagg Holmes, Lavinia Norman, Lucy Diggs Slowe, Marie Woolfolk Taylor
✔✔Name two facts about Ethel Hedgeman Lyle - ✔✔Named honorary Basileus
(president) at 1926 Boule—a title she carried until her death, which no other woman has
held and taught music
✔✔Name two facts about Anna Easter Brown - ✔✔First Tamiouchos Alpha Chapter &
Taught 31 years in Rocky Mount, NC
✔✔Name two facts about Beulah Burke - ✔✔Created organization name, motto &
colors & Taught Latin, German & English in Georgia & in Kansas City, MO
✔✔Name two facts about Lillie Burke - ✔✔Co-created organization motto & Participated
in organizing Xi Omega Chapter
✔✔Name two facts about Marjorie Hill - ✔✔First Ivy Beyond the Wall and Taught at
Morgan college in Lynchburg, VA
✔✔Name two facts about Margaret Flagg Holmes - ✔✔Member first Constitution &
Bylaws Committee & Avid traveleler
✔✔Name two facts about Lavinia Norman - ✔✔Presided over the first Ivy Day
celebration & Celebrated 100th birthday with a gala party
✔✔Name two facts about Lucy Diggs Slowe - ✔✔First Basileus (president) Alpha
Chapter & Drafted organization's constitution
✔✔When was Alpha Kappa Alpha founded? - ✔✔January 15, 1908
✔✔The Domestic Travel Tour was - ✔✔A one-week tour of cities which are significant
to Black history
✔✔When was the Domestic Travel Tour initiated? - ✔✔1969
✔✔When was AKA incorporated? - ✔✔January 29, 1913
