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Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity:
Practice Test 2026 Study Guide
“1 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I al Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity: Practice Test 2026 Study Guide When was the Fraternity officially founded? - GORREGIANSWER -Tuesday, Dec 4, 1906 Where was Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity founded? - @@RRECGIMANSWVER -Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 Who are the Regional Officers and what are their positions (elected officers)? - SORRECIANSWER - Southern Regional Vice President - Big Brother Kelsey Rushing; Southern Regional Assistant Vice President - Big Brother Hisuan B, R. Yates Who is known as the Mother of Alpha Phi Alpha? Why? - GORREGIANSWER -Mrs. Annie Singleton. Majority of meetings were held her home. She also fed them and encourage them as they did their work. Who was the first General President - CORRECT ANSWER -Big Brother Moses A. Morrison What was the first Alumni Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha? - CORRECT ANSWER -Alpha Lambda located in Louisville, KY Who were the first initiates of Alpha Phi Alpha - GORREGIANSWER -Big Brocher Jewel Eugene Kinckle Jones, Big Brother Gordon Jones, and Big Brother Lemuel Graves ‘When and where did the first and second incorporation’s take place? - CORRECT ANSWER -First - Albany, NY on January 29, 1908; Second - Washington, DC on April 3, 1912 r I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I L “1 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I al What were the names, designations, and occupations of Alpha Phi Alpha's founders? - CORRECT ANSWER Jewel Big Brother Henry Archur Callis (Physician); Jewel Big Brother Charles Henry Chapman (Agriculture Educator); Jewel Big Brother Eugene Kinckel Jones (Executive Secretary of the Urban League); Jewel Big Brother George Biddle Kelly (Civil Engineer); Jewel Big Brother Nathaniel Allison Murray (Educator); Jewel Big Brother Robert Harold Ogle (Secretary for Senate Appropriations); and Jewel Big Brother Vertner Woodson Tandy (Architect). Whar is the last sentence of the poem "If? - GORREGIENSWER -If you can fill the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds’ worth of distance cun, yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, and—which is more—you'll be a Man, my son! What is the complete title of the Fraternity's History Book? - CORRECT ANSWER -The History of Alpha Phi Alpha: A Development in College Life To who is the History book of Alpha Phi Alpha dedicated? - SORREGIVANSWER -To the youths who march onward and upward toward the light, this volume is respectfully dedicated. 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; and Chapter 7 - The Leaven of Self-Examination Who proposed the name of the Fraternity? - CORRECT ANSWER -Jewel Big Brother George Biddle Kelley Where was the first initiation banquet held? - SORREGIVANSWER -Masonic Hall otherwise known as Redman’s Hall or Odd Fellows’ Hall List seven items from the menu of the first initiation banquet? - GORRECTANSWER -Cream Tomato Soup; Salted Wafers; Broiled Lamb Chops; Hashed Brown Potatoes; Finger Rolls; Peas in Tubs; Wild Apple Jelly; Shrimp Salad; Rolled Bread; Olives; Pickles; Neapolitan Ice Cream; Lady Fingers; Chocolate Cake; Demi-tasse; Crackers, Cheese; Alpha Phi Alpha Punch; and Brotherhood Smoke r I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I L a | Ds ce eee ee ee es Sigma~ = Tau - T Upsilon - Y Phi- © Chi- X Psi- ¥ Omega- Q Who is the present General President of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. - GORREGHANSWER -Big Brother Everette B, Ward Where was the first General Convention of Alpha Phi Alpha held? - S@RRIECINANSWIR -Beta Chapter, Howard University, Washington, D.C. Who were the first Honorary members of the Fraternity? - CORRECT ANSWER -Mr. George Fletcher and Rey. Eugene U. A. Brooks According to the history, what are the three stages of Alpha's development? - CORRECT ANSWER Social Study Club; Literary Society; Fraternity Who designed the Fraternity shingle? - CORRECT ANSWER -Big Brother Henry Arthur Calis What is the significance of the Chapter designation, Lambda? - S@ORRECIANSIWER -Represents Alumni Chapters What Chapter is reserved for deceased Alpha men? - @ORREGIANSWER -Omega bua ee ee ee ee eee ee ee ee ee eee eee eee “1 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I al When and where will the next General Convention of Alpha Phi Alpha be held - GORREGIAINSWER - 95th General Convention will be in Las Vegas, NV July 24-28, 2019 Who is the auchor of the Fraternity's History Book? - CORRECT ANSWER -Big Brother Charles Harris Wesley Where was the first meeting place of Alpha Phi Alpha? - CORRECT ANSWER AlN, Albany St., Ithaca, NY 14853 Who designed the Fraternity Shield? - SORREGIANSWER -Big Brother James A, Dunn What are the Fraternity’s colors? Who proposed them? - G@RIREGISANSWER -Old Gold and Black. Proposed by Jewel Big Brother Robert Harold Ogle Who wrote the first Ritual of the Alpha Phi Alpha? - GORREGINANSIWER Jewel Big Brothers George Biddle Kelley and Robert Harold Ogle ‘Who wrote the second Ritual of Alpha Phi Alpha? What was unique about this one? - GORRECHANSWER -Jewel Big Brothers Henry Arthur Callis and Eugene Kinkle Jones. It was written from memory by one who executed the ritual and one who experienced it since the first one could not be found. What are the objectives of Alpha Phi Alpha? - GORRE@MANSIWER -The objectives of Alpha Phi Alpha is to stimulate the ambition of its members: to prepare them for the greatest usefulness in the causes of humanicy, freedom, and dignity of the individual; to encourage the highest and noblest form of manhood; and to aid downtrodden humanity in its efforts to achieve higher social, economic, and intellectual status. r I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I L “1 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I al Southwestern Regional Vice President - Big Brother Tarrynce Robinson Southwestern Regional Assistant Vice President - Big Brother Richard D, Mudd What are the first 10 Chapters of Alpha Phi Alpha located? - CORRECT ANSWER -Alpha - Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Beta - Howard University, Washington, D.C. Gamma - Virginia Union, Richmond, VA Delta - Univesity of Toronto, Toronto, Canada Epsilon - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Zeta - Yale University, New Haven, CT Eta - Columbia University, New York, NY Theta - University of Chicago, Chicago, TL; Univesity of Illinois - Urbana, IL; and Northwestern University - Evanston, IL Tota - Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY Kappa - Ohio State University, Columbus, OH Name the first five General Presidents of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity? - GORREGHANSWER -Big Brothers Moses M. Morrison; Roscoe C, Giles, Fredrick H. Miller, Charles H. Garvin; Henry L. Dickason Who was the last Founder to pass into Alpha’s Chapter for deceased Brothers? - CORRECT ANSWER - Jewel Big Brother Henry Arthur Callis Name two famous (living or deceased) Alpha men in the following areas: Education, Business, Politics, Entertainment; Athletics; Medicine; and Law. - GORRECTINGWER - Education: Jewel Big Brother Nathaniel Allison Murray Business: Big Brother Brett Hart Politics: Big Brother Thurgood Marshall r I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I L “1 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I al Entertainment: Big Brother Lionel Richie Athletics: Big Brother Jesse Owens Medicine: Jewel Big Brother Henry Arther Callis Law: Big Brother Edward Rodgers Who is Alpha Phi Alpha's "Life Member Number 1"? - CORRECT ANSWER -Big Brother O. Wilson Winters Who is the author of the poem "If" - SORRECTAINSWER - Rudyard Kipling What is the first stanza of the poem “Ife” - CORRECT ANSWER -Ifyou can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, Ifyou can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; Ifyou can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies, Or being hated, don't give way to hating, And yet don't look coo good, nor talk too wise: What is the second stanza of the poem "IP" - GORRICIVANSIVER -If you can dream—and not make dreams your master; If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim; Ifyou can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just che same; Tf you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken r I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I L 
