TEST 3 IMDP ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED ANSWERS
Question 1.
When was the Fraternity officially founded?
Correct Answer: Tuesday, Dec 4, 1906
Question 2.
Where was Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity founded?
Correct Answer: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
Question 3.
Who is known as the Mother of Alpha Phi Alpha? Why?
Correct Answer: Mrs. Annie C. Singleton because the early mtgs were held at her
house where she fed and encouraged the Brothers as they did their work.
Question 4.
Who was the first General President?
Correct Answer: Big Brother Moses A. Morrison
Question 5.
What was the first alumni Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha and its location?
Correct Answer: Alpha Lambda, Louisville, KY (2 pts for Chp Name & 2 pts for
location)
Question 6.
Who were the first initiates of Alpha Phi Alpha?
Correct Answer: Big Brother Lemuel E. Graves; Jewel Big Brother Eugene Kinkle
Jones; Big Brother Gordon Holmes Jones (2 pts per initiate)
Question 7.
When and where did the first and second incorporations take place?
Correct Answer: Albany, NY on Jan 29, 1908; Washington, DC on April 3, 1912
(2pts/location & 2pts/date)
Question 8.
What were the names, designations, and occupations of Alpha Phi Alpha's founders?
, Correct Answer: Jewel Big Brother Henry Arthur Callis - physician; Jewel Big
Brother Charles Henry Chapman - educator; Jewel Big Brother Eugene Kinckle
Jones - Exec Sec of National Urban League; Jewel Big Brother George Biddle
Kelley - civil engineer; Jewel Big Brother Nathaniel Allison Murray - educator ;
Jewel Big Brother Robert Harold Ogle -secretarial field; Jewel Big Brother
Vertner Woodson Tandy - architect
Question 9.
What is the last SENTENCE of the poem "If"?
Correct Answer: If you can fill the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds worth
of distance run, yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, and which is more
- you'll be a Man, my son!
Question 10.
What is the complete title of the Fraternity's History Book?
Correct Answer: The History of Alpha Phi Alpha: A Development in College Life
Question 11.
To whom is the History book of Alpha Phi Alpha dedicated?
Correct Answer: To the youths who march onward and upward toward the light,
this volume is respectfully dedicated
Question 12.
What are the titles of the first seven chapters of the History Book?
Correct Answer: Chapter 1 - The Origin of Alpha Phi Alpha; Chapter 2 - The
Period of Consolidation; Chapter 3 - The First Steps in Expansion; Chapter 4
-Local and National Strivings; Chapter 5 - Permanent Foundations; Chapter 6
-Expansion and Internal Development; Chapter 7 - The Leaven of
Self-Examination (DO NOT accept "Origins" as part of the title for Chp 1 since
there is only 1 origin. Each title is worth 1 pt)
Question 13.
Who proposed the name of the Fraternity?
Correct Answer: Jewel Big Brother George B. Kelley though he gives credit to
Jewel Big Brother Henry A. Callis (acceptable if he only puts Kelley's name)
Question 14.
Where was the first initiation banquet held?
Correct Answer: Masonic Hall (accept Redman's Hall or Odd Fellows' Hall)
Question 1.
When was the Fraternity officially founded?
Correct Answer: Tuesday, Dec 4, 1906
Question 2.
Where was Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity founded?
Correct Answer: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
Question 3.
Who is known as the Mother of Alpha Phi Alpha? Why?
Correct Answer: Mrs. Annie C. Singleton because the early mtgs were held at her
house where she fed and encouraged the Brothers as they did their work.
Question 4.
Who was the first General President?
Correct Answer: Big Brother Moses A. Morrison
Question 5.
What was the first alumni Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha and its location?
Correct Answer: Alpha Lambda, Louisville, KY (2 pts for Chp Name & 2 pts for
location)
Question 6.
Who were the first initiates of Alpha Phi Alpha?
Correct Answer: Big Brother Lemuel E. Graves; Jewel Big Brother Eugene Kinkle
Jones; Big Brother Gordon Holmes Jones (2 pts per initiate)
Question 7.
When and where did the first and second incorporations take place?
Correct Answer: Albany, NY on Jan 29, 1908; Washington, DC on April 3, 1912
(2pts/location & 2pts/date)
Question 8.
What were the names, designations, and occupations of Alpha Phi Alpha's founders?
, Correct Answer: Jewel Big Brother Henry Arthur Callis - physician; Jewel Big
Brother Charles Henry Chapman - educator; Jewel Big Brother Eugene Kinckle
Jones - Exec Sec of National Urban League; Jewel Big Brother George Biddle
Kelley - civil engineer; Jewel Big Brother Nathaniel Allison Murray - educator ;
Jewel Big Brother Robert Harold Ogle -secretarial field; Jewel Big Brother
Vertner Woodson Tandy - architect
Question 9.
What is the last SENTENCE of the poem "If"?
Correct Answer: If you can fill the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds worth
of distance run, yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, and which is more
- you'll be a Man, my son!
Question 10.
What is the complete title of the Fraternity's History Book?
Correct Answer: The History of Alpha Phi Alpha: A Development in College Life
Question 11.
To whom is the History book of Alpha Phi Alpha dedicated?
Correct Answer: To the youths who march onward and upward toward the light,
this volume is respectfully dedicated
Question 12.
What are the titles of the first seven chapters of the History Book?
Correct Answer: Chapter 1 - The Origin of Alpha Phi Alpha; Chapter 2 - The
Period of Consolidation; Chapter 3 - The First Steps in Expansion; Chapter 4
-Local and National Strivings; Chapter 5 - Permanent Foundations; Chapter 6
-Expansion and Internal Development; Chapter 7 - The Leaven of
Self-Examination (DO NOT accept "Origins" as part of the title for Chp 1 since
there is only 1 origin. Each title is worth 1 pt)
Question 13.
Who proposed the name of the Fraternity?
Correct Answer: Jewel Big Brother George B. Kelley though he gives credit to
Jewel Big Brother Henry A. Callis (acceptable if he only puts Kelley's name)
Question 14.
Where was the first initiation banquet held?
Correct Answer: Masonic Hall (accept Redman's Hall or Odd Fellows' Hall)
