Practice Quiz 2: History & Founders

Practice Quiz 6: History & Founders

By Andrea Griffin

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Multiple Choice

How many individuals were in the original group?

• 16

• 9

• 20

• 4

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Who was the moving spirit in the establishment of Alpha Kappa Alpha?

• Ethel Hedgeman Lyle

• Bulah Burke

• Lillie Burke

• Nelliw Quander

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Where is the sorority's corporate Office?

• Atlanta. GA

• Chicago,IL

• Columbia, SC

• Hampton, VI

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When was AKA Sorority founded?

• 1906

• 1913

• 1909

• 1908

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Where was AKA Sorority founded?

• Washington, D.C.

• Atlanta, GA

• Akron, OH

• Cleveland, OH

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Who influenced Ethel Hedgeman Lyle to establish AKA Sorority?

• Elizabeth Appa Cook

• Beluah Burke

• Tremain Robinson

• Tremain Robinson and Elizabeth Appa Cook

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Who was the first president?

• Lillie Burke

• Ethel Hedgeman Lyle

• Lucy Diggs Slowe

• Marie Woolfolk

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How many students were admitted into the sorority without initiation in 1928?

• 4

• 9

• 5

• 7

Open Ended

Name the 7 students who were admitted to the organization without initiation

Explanation Slide...

1) Joanna Berry2) Norma Boyd3) Ethel Jones4) Sara Meriweather5) Alice Murray6) Carrie Snowden7) Harriet Terry

Multiple Choice

What date was AKA Sorority incorporated?

• 01/15/1913

• 01/25/1913

• 01/15/1908

• 01/29/1913

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When was the first international chapter set up? Location?

• 1949, Liberia

• 1948, Nigeria

• 1948, Liberia

• 1949, Nigeria

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When was the first national office opened?

• October 8, 1949

• October 15, 1949

• October 25, 1949

• October 9, 1949

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What are the Sorority’s Colors?

• Salmon Pink and Apple Green

• Salmon Pink and Green

• Pink and Green

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What school was the sorority founded at?

• Spelman College

• Howard University

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What is the official publication of the sorority?

• Perpetual Pearls Press

• Ivy Post

• Ivy Leaf magazine

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How many juniors and seniors constituted the initial core group of founding members?

• Nine

• Five

• Six

• Three

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What is the sorority official flower?

• Lillies

• Pink Tea Rose

• Daffodils

• Calla Lillies

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When was the Ivy Leaf Magazine first published?

• 1908

• 1913

• 1921

• 1988

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Which Soror created the name, motto, & colors?

• Beulah Elizabeth Burke

• Anna Easter Brown

• Lillie E. Burke

• Marjorie Hill

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which of the following died at 100?

• Anna Easter Brown

• Margaret Flagg holmes

• Beulah Burke

• Lavinia Norman

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Margaret Flagg Holmes helped with the first constitution and bylaws…

• True

• False

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Anna Easter brown was not born on Easter

• True

• False

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Marjorie Hill died in…

• 1909

• 1907

• 1919

• 1905

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which Burke helped with the colors of AKA and The name?

• Beulah

• Lillie

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which of the following was a social worker?

• Lucy Diggs Stone

• Marjorie Hill

• Marie Woolfolk Taylor

• Lavinia Norman

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Who was a Founder and Incorporator?

• Nellie Quander

• Norma Boyd

• Beatrice Smith

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The frog is a symbol that represents the leaps and bounds of the sorority! True or False

• True

• False

Fill in the Blanks

Multiple Choice

May 25, 1909 represents what event in AKA history?

• Incorporation Day

• Founder's Day

• Ivy Day

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The official organ of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority is

• The Manual of Standard Procedures

• Constitution

• The Ivy Leaf

• Protocol Manual

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She was The first "Ivy Beyond the Wall".

• Marie Woolfolk Taylor

• Marjorie Hill

• Margaret Flagg Holmes

• Lillie Burke

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Last survivor of the original nine; lived to age 100.

• Lavinia Norman

• Beulah Burke

• Ethel Hedgemon Lyle

• Marjorie Hill

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Went with Ethel Hedgemon Lyle to present plans for starting the organization to Howard University's President and Deans.

• Lavinia Norman

• Marie Woolfolk Taylor

• Beulah Burke

• Anna Easter Brown

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She was the first Treasurer and credited with writing the sorority song.

• Lucy Diggs Slowe

• Anna Easter Brown

• Beulah Burke

• Lillie Burke

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She was the first president, and she prepared the first draft of the constitution.

• Ethel Hedgemon Lyle

• Lavinia Norman

• Lucy Diggs Slowe

• Beulah Burke

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Tremain Robinson and Elizabeth Appa Cook influenced her to start a sorority.

• Lucy Diggs Slowe

• Lillie Burke

• Lavinia Norman

• Ethel Hedgemon Lyle

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She was credited with coming up with the name and colors of the organization.

• Lillie Burke

• Beulah Burke

• Lavinia Norman

• Ethel Hedgemon Lyle

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She worked with her sister to create the motto "By Culture and By Merit".

• Lavinia Norman

• Lillie Burke

• Lucy Diggs Slowe

• Margaret Flagg Holmes

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She helped write Alpha Kappa Alpha's first constitution and by-laws, earned a Masters in Philosophy from Columbia University, and traveled extensively.

• Margaret Flagg Holmes

• Lavinia Norman

• Nellie Quander

• Norma Boyd

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She spearheaded the incorporation of Alpha Kappa Alpha.

• Norma Boyd

• Nellie Quander

• Ethel Hedgemon Lyle

• Lavinia Norman

Multiple Choice

One of the seven sophomores, she was the founder who was most involved with the incorporation effort.

• Ethel Hedgemon Lyle

• Norma Boyd

• Harriet Terry

• Alice Murray

Multiple Choice

Which three ladies signed the incorporation documents?

• Minnie Smith, Joanna Berry, and Ethel Jones.

• Nellie Pratt Russell, Minnie Smith, and Julia Brooks

• Nellie Pratt Russell, Carrie Snowden, and Sarah Merriweather

• Julia Brooks, Carrie Snowden, and Ethel Jones

Multiple Choice

True or False:

Ethel Jones was one of the seven sophomores

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Was Joanna Berry one of the seven sophomores or an incorporator?

• One of the seven sophomores

• One of the incorporators

Multiple Select

Which of the following ladies were among the seven sophomore, who were inducted without initiation?

• Alice Murray, Harriet Terry, and Sarah Merriweather

• Minnie Smith, Nellie Quander, and Julia Brooks

• Nellie Pratt Russell, Lavinia Norman, and Marjorie Hill

• Ethel Jones, Joanna Berry, Carrie Snowden, and Norma Boyd

Multiple Choice

What does the designation 'Ivy Beyond the Wall' signify?

• Deceased Soror

• Honorary Soror

• Famous Soror

• Founder

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