Module 1 Quiz

1. What was the first collegiate fraternal organization and what year was it founded?

• Phi Beta Kappa - 1776

• Phi Beta Sigma - 1706

• Phi Sigma Sigma - 1906

• Phi Delta Theta -1916

What was the first Black Greek-lettered organization?

• Sigma Lambda Gamma

• Sigma Delta Alpha

• Sigma Pi Phi – “The Boule”

• Sigma Phi

The NPHC is the acronym for

• National Panhellenic Council

• National Pan-Hellenic Council

• National Panhellenic Conference

• National Pan-Hellenic Conference

Iota Phi Theta became a member of the NPHC in

• 1963

• 1980

• 1991

• 1996

NPHC organizations are rooted in a specific cultural context but are opened to different cultural backgrounds in terms of membership is an example of being

• Traditionally African American

• Exclusively African American

• Targeting African American

• Historically African American

People join Greek-lettered organizations for the opportunity to bond and develop close ties with other like-minded individuals. This is commonly known as

• Kinship

• Inter-fraternalism

• Networking

• Fraternalism

Although Greek-lettered organizations existed on their respective campuses, the founders of Alpha Phi Alpha, Kappa Alpha Psi, and Sigma Gamma Rho, chose to create new organizations because

• The existing organizations were too expensive

• The founders lived too far from campus to participate

• The existing organizations excluded African Americans

• The existing organizations did not meet the needs of the founders

W.E.B. DuBois has included NPHC organizations in his concept of the “talented tenth,” which is characterized as

• A leadership class within the African American community

• A bourgeois class within the African American community

• A working class within the African American community

• A poor class within the African American community

Although there are similarities between NPHC organizations and their counterparts, the major difference is that NPHC organizations have a primary focus on

• Social activities

• Service activities

• Political activities

• Networking activities

NPHC organizations do not accept first semester freshman, because they would prefer that new members have a collegiate GPA upon applying for membership. This is an example of a commitment

• High GPAs

• Deferred recruitment

• University

• Scholarship