Zeta Phi Beta Exam Questions (2025/2026)
What year was the Fraternity system established on the Campus of William and Mary College? -
CORRECT ANSWER 1776
What two organizations were established for training and drill in Composition and Oratory? - CORRECT
ANSWER - The Ciceronian Society
- The Adelphia Organization
By 1900, how many National Fraternities had been established? - CORRECT ANSWER 20+
What was the second National Fraternity - CORRECT ANSWER Kappa Alpha
On what campus was the first sorority for social and literary purposes founded? - CORRECT ANSWER
Wesleyan College
Who did Arizona Cleaver Stemons share the idea of starting a sorority? - CORRECT ANSWER Pearl Anna
Neal
Who did Sigma Brother, Honorable Charles Robert Samuel Taylor approach to start the sister
organization in the Spring of 1919? - CORRECT ANSWER Arizona Cleavor (Stemons), his girlfriend at the
time
, Who were the other two potential members selected by Arizona and Pearl? - CORRECT ANSWER Myrtle
Tyler (Faithful)
Viola Tyler (Goings)
What were the five founders called? - CORRECT ANSWER The Five Pearls
It was the idea of the Founders that the sorority would reach college women in all parts of the country,
who were sorority-minded and desired to follow the guiding principles of the organization. What are the
Sorority's principles? - CORRECT ANSWER -Scholarship
-Service
-Sisterhood
-Finer Womanhood
When and where was Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated founded? - CORRECT ANSWER Howard
University on January 16, 1920
Who are the five founders of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated? - CORRECT ANSWER Arizona Cleaver
Stemons
Pearl Anna Neal
Myrtle Tyler Faithful
Viola Tyler Goings
Fannie Pettie Watts
Who were the first Zeta Phi Beta Sorority initiates? - CORRECT ANSWER -Gladys Warrington
-Harriet Dorsey
-Pauline Phillips
-Nelli Singfield
Where was the first formal debut and who was it sponsored by? - CORRECT ANSWER The Whitlaw
Hotel, by Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. Brothers Charles Robert Samuel Taylor and A. Langston Taylor
When and where was the first Boule held? - CORRECT ANSWER December 26-28, jointly with Phi Beta
Sigma, Inc. in Washington D.C.
When did the term change to International Grand Basileus and why? - CORRECT ANSWER 1948, when
the chapter was chartered in Monrovia, Liberia
Who was the first Basileus? - CORRECT ANSWER Arizona Cleavor
When did the title first change to Grand Basileus? - CORRECT ANSWER 1926
What was the name of the sorority's first publication and in what year was it first published? - CORRECT
ANSWER The X-Ray in 1921
What year was the Fraternity system established on the Campus of William and Mary College? -
CORRECT ANSWER 1776
What two organizations were established for training and drill in Composition and Oratory? - CORRECT
ANSWER - The Ciceronian Society
- The Adelphia Organization
By 1900, how many National Fraternities had been established? - CORRECT ANSWER 20+
What was the second National Fraternity - CORRECT ANSWER Kappa Alpha
On what campus was the first sorority for social and literary purposes founded? - CORRECT ANSWER
Wesleyan College
Who did Arizona Cleaver Stemons share the idea of starting a sorority? - CORRECT ANSWER Pearl Anna
Neal
Who did Sigma Brother, Honorable Charles Robert Samuel Taylor approach to start the sister
organization in the Spring of 1919? - CORRECT ANSWER Arizona Cleavor (Stemons), his girlfriend at the
time
, Who were the other two potential members selected by Arizona and Pearl? - CORRECT ANSWER Myrtle
Tyler (Faithful)
Viola Tyler (Goings)
What were the five founders called? - CORRECT ANSWER The Five Pearls
It was the idea of the Founders that the sorority would reach college women in all parts of the country,
who were sorority-minded and desired to follow the guiding principles of the organization. What are the
Sorority's principles? - CORRECT ANSWER -Scholarship
-Service
-Sisterhood
-Finer Womanhood
When and where was Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated founded? - CORRECT ANSWER Howard
University on January 16, 1920
Who are the five founders of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated? - CORRECT ANSWER Arizona Cleaver
Stemons
Pearl Anna Neal
Myrtle Tyler Faithful
Viola Tyler Goings
Fannie Pettie Watts
Who were the first Zeta Phi Beta Sorority initiates? - CORRECT ANSWER -Gladys Warrington
-Harriet Dorsey
-Pauline Phillips
-Nelli Singfield
Where was the first formal debut and who was it sponsored by? - CORRECT ANSWER The Whitlaw
Hotel, by Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. Brothers Charles Robert Samuel Taylor and A. Langston Taylor
When and where was the first Boule held? - CORRECT ANSWER December 26-28, jointly with Phi Beta
Sigma, Inc. in Washington D.C.
When did the term change to International Grand Basileus and why? - CORRECT ANSWER 1948, when
the chapter was chartered in Monrovia, Liberia
Who was the first Basileus? - CORRECT ANSWER Arizona Cleavor
When did the title first change to Grand Basileus? - CORRECT ANSWER 1926
What was the name of the sorority's first publication and in what year was it first published? - CORRECT
ANSWER The X-Ray in 1921
