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1. In 1775 the first anti-slavery society was formed. What was its name?

Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage
Society for the Relief of Captive and Free Negros
Society of Suffrages of Custom and Right Reason
None of the above

2. What was the main purpose behind the Black Greek Letter Organizations being founded?

Social networking
Race-related Discrimination
Shelter
Support Group

3. What was the first Black Greek-Letter collegiate organization established?

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
Gamma Phi Fraternity, Inc.
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.

4. With one exception, the first national officers of the NAACP were all white. Who was the exception?

Jane Addams
W. E. B. DuBois
Oswald Garrison Villard
None of above

5. Ida B. Wells Barnett was a co-founder of what organization?

NAACP
C.O.R.E.
United Urban League
PUSH

6. The Congressional Black Caucus was started in what year?

1955
1960
1969
1900

7. Who is recognized as the Father of Black Masonry in the United States?

Prince Phillips
Prince William
Prince Hall
Prince Edward

8. __________ percent of the founders of Black Greek Fraternities and Sororities were Masonry, Heroines of Jericho or Order of Eastern Stars.

Fifty
Ninety
Thirty
Seventy-five

9. The nine Black Greek Letter fraternities and sororities were affectionately known as the ____________?

Inspirational Nine
Nine Black Greeks
Divine Nine
None of the above

10. Which sorority completed the first public community service and what year?

Alpha Kappa Alpha; 1909
Zeta Phi Beta; 1906
Sigma Gamma Rho; 1910
Delta Sigma Theta; 1913

11. Which fraternity or sorority is celebrating their 100 year anniversary this year?

Iota Phi Theta Fraternity
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity

12. Select one of the University that established the nine Black Greek fraternities or sororities that is not a Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HCUB)?

Prairie View A&M
Butler
Howard
Morgan State

13. The Black Greek letter organization formed the NPHC. What does the letters NPHC stand for?

National Pam-Hover Council
Nutra Pharma Corporation
National Pan-Hellenic Council
None of the above

14. Why was the NPHC established in 1930?

To aid the Black Greek letter organizations in a bond of common causes
Promotes interaction through forums, meetings and other mediums for exchange of information
Engages in cooperative programming and initiatives through various activities and functions
All of the above

15. In 2006, some of the current requirements to become a member of a Black Greek letter organization; you must be a full time student at an accredited university; meet the minimum GPA requirement; meet the required community service hours; participate in a hazing process.

True
False

16. Historically, what did stepping evolved from?

Singing
Shouting
Rapping
Break dancing

17. Who were the very first Black Greek letter organizations to step?

Delta Sigma Theta & Zeta Phi Beta
Alpha Phi Alpha & Kappa Alpha Psi
Sigma Gamma Rho & Alpha Kappa Alpha
Phi Beta Sigma & Omega Psi Phi

18. Which Greek fraternity and sorority is officially "true family"?

Omega Psi Phi & Delta Sigma Theta
Alpha Phi Alpha & Alpha Kappa Alpha
Phi Beta Sigma & Zeta Phi Beta
Kappa Alpha Psi & Sigma Gamma Rho

19. Each Black Greek organization has a unique nicknames, chants, or steps. When addressing another brother or sister, who is allowed to use them?

Non-Greek members
Anybody
Only the privilege of membership of the Black Greek fraternity or sorority
"Black balled" member

20. What is an underground line?

A - A secret pledging line
B - A pledging line that the National Office does not officially recognize
Both A & B
Neither A nor B

21. What is meant by the term "black balled"?

When a person doesn't make line for certain reasons or is not voted in by a majority vote by current members
When a person disrespects the organization Mascot
When a person is caught throwing up the hand signal or doing the call in public, before membership
When someone was on an underground line and the line was revealed

22. The Black Greek-letter organizations differ from the IFC and ISC because they have community service as a principle, while the IFC and ISC organizations are generally social. The Black Greek-letter organizations do not have houses on (the yard) grounds, but maintain our sense of unity by relying on their founding principles to guide them.

True
False

23.Which Black Greek letter sorority or fraternity member does not have a commemorative postage stamp?

Zora Neale Hurston
Duke Ellington
Aretha Franklin
Ernest Everett Just

24. Who the only Black Greek-Letter Fraternity to have one of its members on the face of a U.S. Coin?

George Washington Carver
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Thurgood Marshall
Guion S. Bluford, Jr.

25. Which U.S. coin and what year was the only member's face of the Black Greek-Letter Fraternity on?

Quarter; 1945
Half Dollar; 1951
Nickel; 1910
None of the above

Bonus Question

Match the following Greek letter with the correct Black Greek-Letter fraternity or sorority.

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