CHI ETA PHI STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔In the Fifth Century BC, Greek gem-cutters discovered layers of what? (The Cameo,
Sec. 6) - ✔✔vibrant colors in their native stones
✔✔By skillfully carving these layers what did they create? (The Cameo, Sec. 6) - ✔✔a
raised design, which was in beautiful contrast to the many colors underneath
✔✔What was their complied work? (The Cameo, Sec. 6) - ✔✔The Cameo, its design
and color in equal balance
✔✔What does the Cameo represent? (5) (The Cameo, Sec. 6) - ✔✔• the unity of the
fraternity
• its rose color
• the warmth of its friendship
• the circle of pearls
• the individual achievements of the members
✔✔What is the definition of a social fraternity? (Sec. 7) - ✔✔is a group established in
accredited colleges and universities, which selects its members from any undergraduate
school or department and which organizes the group life as a contributing factor to their
education programs
✔✔What is a social fraternity's special emphasis on? (Sec. 7) - ✔✔personal
development and social competency
✔✔What is the first policy of Zeta Phi Eta? (Sec. 8) - ✔✔1. To keep the fraternity
professional in character.
✔✔What is the second policy of Zeta Phi Eta? (Sec. 8) - ✔✔2. To establish chapters
only accredited colleges or universities maintaining one or more recognized
departments of communication arts and/or sciences.
✔✔What is the third policy of Zeta Phi Eta? (Sec. 8) - ✔✔3. To encourage a balanced
membership engaged in the different fields of communication arts and sciences.
✔✔What is the fourth policy of Zeta Phi Eta? (Sec. 8) - ✔✔4. To make the fraternity a
professional aid and stimulus after graduation.
✔✔In 1908, Zeta Phi Eta affiliated with who? (Foundations of Zeta Phi Eta, Sec. 9) -
✔✔Phi Eta Sigma
, ✔✔What is Phi Eta Sigma? (Foundations of Zeta Phi Eta, Sec. 9) - ✔✔a local
organization founded in 1901, at Emerson College
✔✔In the affiliation, the chapter at Boston became what? (Foundations of Zeta Phi Eta,
Sec. 9) - ✔✔Alpha, the one at Evanston, Beta
✔✔In 1975, Zeta Phi Eta's bylaws were what? (Foundations of Zeta Phi Eta, Sec. 9) -
✔✔amended to include men in its membership.
✔✔The word 'fraternity' was derived not from frater, a Latin word, but from.... (Definition
of a Fraternity, Sec. 11) - ✔✔phrater (frAI-tur)
✔✔In Greek, this meant a member of a Phrata, which was a tribe, a group of blood
relatives which what? (Definition of a Fraternity, Sec. 11) - ✔✔could be composed of
either men or women
✔✔From this word, the Latin frater may be derived, with a narrower meaning of what?
(Definition of a Fraternity, Sec. 11) - ✔✔of brother and with an application to men alone
✔✔The word from which prater comes is what? (Definition of a Fraternity, Sec. 11) -
✔✔wider in scope
✔✔Sorority, derived from what Latin word? (Definition of a Fraternity, Sec. 11) -
✔✔soror, or sister, this is a 20th century invention, while it has been accepted into the
language as a currency of speech.
✔✔Sorority's Roman roots are what? (Definition of a Fraternity, Sec. 11) - ✔✔much
younger than the Greek ones of fraternity
✔✔Definition of a Professional Fraternity (Sec. 12) - ✔✔is a specialized fraternity which
limits its membership to specific field of professional education in accredited colleges
and universities, offering courses leading to recognized degrees therein which,
maintaining mutually exclusive membership in that field
✔✔but may initiate members of.. (Definition of a Professional Fraternity, Sec. 12) -
✔✔the general social fraternities and which organizes its group life specifically to
promote professional competency and achievement within its field
✔✔The chapter should give what? (Customs and Traditions, Sec. 13) - ✔✔loyal support
and aid to the administration & foster sound scholarship and enter heartily into the
activities of the department
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔In the Fifth Century BC, Greek gem-cutters discovered layers of what? (The Cameo,
Sec. 6) - ✔✔vibrant colors in their native stones
✔✔By skillfully carving these layers what did they create? (The Cameo, Sec. 6) - ✔✔a
raised design, which was in beautiful contrast to the many colors underneath
✔✔What was their complied work? (The Cameo, Sec. 6) - ✔✔The Cameo, its design
and color in equal balance
✔✔What does the Cameo represent? (5) (The Cameo, Sec. 6) - ✔✔• the unity of the
fraternity
• its rose color
• the warmth of its friendship
• the circle of pearls
• the individual achievements of the members
✔✔What is the definition of a social fraternity? (Sec. 7) - ✔✔is a group established in
accredited colleges and universities, which selects its members from any undergraduate
school or department and which organizes the group life as a contributing factor to their
education programs
✔✔What is a social fraternity's special emphasis on? (Sec. 7) - ✔✔personal
development and social competency
✔✔What is the first policy of Zeta Phi Eta? (Sec. 8) - ✔✔1. To keep the fraternity
professional in character.
✔✔What is the second policy of Zeta Phi Eta? (Sec. 8) - ✔✔2. To establish chapters
only accredited colleges or universities maintaining one or more recognized
departments of communication arts and/or sciences.
✔✔What is the third policy of Zeta Phi Eta? (Sec. 8) - ✔✔3. To encourage a balanced
membership engaged in the different fields of communication arts and sciences.
✔✔What is the fourth policy of Zeta Phi Eta? (Sec. 8) - ✔✔4. To make the fraternity a
professional aid and stimulus after graduation.
✔✔In 1908, Zeta Phi Eta affiliated with who? (Foundations of Zeta Phi Eta, Sec. 9) -
✔✔Phi Eta Sigma
, ✔✔What is Phi Eta Sigma? (Foundations of Zeta Phi Eta, Sec. 9) - ✔✔a local
organization founded in 1901, at Emerson College
✔✔In the affiliation, the chapter at Boston became what? (Foundations of Zeta Phi Eta,
Sec. 9) - ✔✔Alpha, the one at Evanston, Beta
✔✔In 1975, Zeta Phi Eta's bylaws were what? (Foundations of Zeta Phi Eta, Sec. 9) -
✔✔amended to include men in its membership.
✔✔The word 'fraternity' was derived not from frater, a Latin word, but from.... (Definition
of a Fraternity, Sec. 11) - ✔✔phrater (frAI-tur)
✔✔In Greek, this meant a member of a Phrata, which was a tribe, a group of blood
relatives which what? (Definition of a Fraternity, Sec. 11) - ✔✔could be composed of
either men or women
✔✔From this word, the Latin frater may be derived, with a narrower meaning of what?
(Definition of a Fraternity, Sec. 11) - ✔✔of brother and with an application to men alone
✔✔The word from which prater comes is what? (Definition of a Fraternity, Sec. 11) -
✔✔wider in scope
✔✔Sorority, derived from what Latin word? (Definition of a Fraternity, Sec. 11) -
✔✔soror, or sister, this is a 20th century invention, while it has been accepted into the
language as a currency of speech.
✔✔Sorority's Roman roots are what? (Definition of a Fraternity, Sec. 11) - ✔✔much
younger than the Greek ones of fraternity
✔✔Definition of a Professional Fraternity (Sec. 12) - ✔✔is a specialized fraternity which
limits its membership to specific field of professional education in accredited colleges
and universities, offering courses leading to recognized degrees therein which,
maintaining mutually exclusive membership in that field
✔✔but may initiate members of.. (Definition of a Professional Fraternity, Sec. 12) -
✔✔the general social fraternities and which organizes its group life specifically to
promote professional competency and achievement within its field
✔✔The chapter should give what? (Customs and Traditions, Sec. 13) - ✔✔loyal support
and aid to the administration & foster sound scholarship and enter heartily into the
activities of the department
