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A Basic Masonic Education Course

The Entered Apprentice - Questions

Freemasonry is:
    1. A secret society
    2. A religious society
    3. An initiatic society
  1. The top three officers of the lodge, ranked highest to lowest, are:
    1. Senior deacon, junior deacon, and junior warden
    2. Senior warden, junior warden, and senior deacon
    3. Master, senior warden, and junior warden
  1. To become a member, a petitioner for Masonic membership must have:
    1. A simple majority of  votes cast
    2. A 2/3 majority of votes cast
    3. Unanimous approval

  2. What are the three great lights of Masonry?
    1. Holy Bible, square, compass
    2. Holy Bible, Volume of the Sacred Law, square and compass
    3. Square, compass, lambskin apron
  1. What are the two working tools of this degree?
    1. Square and compass
    2. Twenty-four inch gauge and the common gavel
    3. The common gavel and the square
  1. The lecture of the entered apprentice degree discusses which virtues?
    1. Temperance, truth, and justice
    2. Fortitude, truth, and patience
    3. Temperance, fortitude, and love
    4. Fortitude, temperance, justice and prudence
  1. Name the three movable jewels of a lodge.
    1. Rough ashlars, perfect ashlars, and trestleboard
    2. Smooth ashlars, square, and compass
    3. Plumb, level, square, and trestleboard
    4. Perfect ashlars, trestleboard, and plumb
  1. May an entered apprentice receive his degree form another lodge?
    1. Yes, without the consent of the lodge or master
    2. No.  It is strictly forbidden as a violation the California Masonic Code
    3. Yes, with consent of the lodge
    4. Yes, with consent of the master
  1. Can an entered apprentice hold a Masonic office?
    1. Yes, as long as the lodge votes for him
    2. Yes, if appointed by the master of the lodge
    3. No.  It would violate the California Masonic Code
    4. No, as he must be a Fellow Craft Mason
  1. What are the three main tenets of Masonry?
    1. Brotherly love, relief ,and prudence
    2. Brotherly love, temperance, and truth
    3. Brotherly love, relief, and truth
Essay Question:

Using what you have learned here and in your coaching sessions, briefly describe the symbolism of the working tools of this degree.

 
Rev: Aug 30, 2008