AKA MIP Test Questions and Complete
Solutions Graded A+
The name Alpha Kappa Alpha is derived from ...? - Answer: The first three letters of the Greek words
that form the Sorority's motto
What is the English word for Basileus? - Answer: President
Which Pearl was initiated during the first ritualistic initiation of Alpha Kappa Alpha and helped
incorporate the sorority in 1913? - Answer: Nellie Pratt Russel
Which two Pearls of the sophomore group helped to incorporate the sorority in 1913? - Answer: Norma
Elizabeth Boyd & Ethel Jones Mowbray
What does the acronym E.A.F. represent? - Answer: Education Advancement Foundation
In (year), (name) became the first individual to receive honorary membership from Alpha Kappa Alpha. -
Answer: 1913; Jane Addams
Which Pearl was the first "Ivy Beyond the Wall"? - Answer: Marjorie Hill
Which Pearl was the longest-living founder? - Answer: Norma Elizabeth Boyd
Which Pearl was the first Basileus of the Alpha Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha? - Answer: Lucy Diggs
Slowe
Which Pearl invited the seven sophomore students into the sorority, completing the founding sixteen
members? - Answer: Marie Woolfork Taylor
Which Pearl composed the Alpha Kappa Alpha initiation hymn? - Answer: Harriet Josephine Terry
Solutions Graded A+
The name Alpha Kappa Alpha is derived from ...? - Answer: The first three letters of the Greek words
that form the Sorority's motto
What is the English word for Basileus? - Answer: President
Which Pearl was initiated during the first ritualistic initiation of Alpha Kappa Alpha and helped
incorporate the sorority in 1913? - Answer: Nellie Pratt Russel
Which two Pearls of the sophomore group helped to incorporate the sorority in 1913? - Answer: Norma
Elizabeth Boyd & Ethel Jones Mowbray
What does the acronym E.A.F. represent? - Answer: Education Advancement Foundation
In (year), (name) became the first individual to receive honorary membership from Alpha Kappa Alpha. -
Answer: 1913; Jane Addams
Which Pearl was the first "Ivy Beyond the Wall"? - Answer: Marjorie Hill
Which Pearl was the longest-living founder? - Answer: Norma Elizabeth Boyd
Which Pearl was the first Basileus of the Alpha Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha? - Answer: Lucy Diggs
Slowe
Which Pearl invited the seven sophomore students into the sorority, completing the founding sixteen
members? - Answer: Marie Woolfork Taylor
Which Pearl composed the Alpha Kappa Alpha initiation hymn? - Answer: Harriet Josephine Terry
