Royal Arch Quiz #3

Royal Arch Quiz Night

Past Master’s Degree-Virtual

P.G.M. Tom Hendrickson

1.    Where did the Past Master’s degree originate?

a)    The Ancients

b)    The Moderns

c)    The Scottish

d)    Lost in the fog of time

2.    What group originally required that a Past Master only would be allowed to receive the Royal Arch Degree?

a)    The Scottish

b)    The French

c)    The Ancients

d)    The Moderns

3.    What are the three fundamental masonic symbols of the Past Master’s Degree?

a)    Square, gavel, By laws

b)    Masters Hat, White gloves, Cane

c)    Square, gavel, Volume of Sacred Law (holy Bible)

d)    Chicken, Green Beans, Mashed potatoes

4.    The qualities a Past Master should exhibit are:

a)    Responsible Leadership

b)    Moderation

c)    Decorum

d)    Justice

e)    All the Above

5.    To whom is the Lodge of Past Master erected and dedicated to?

a)    God and Hiram Abiff

b)    God and the Holy St John

c)    God and King Solomon

d)    God and Zerubbabel

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This is the first of five installments of questions and answers that will be posted covering all the degrees of the Royal Arch. At the beginning of each month I will post the quiz, and at the end of the month the answers will be posted. For a complete description of my thoughts. Please see my September 15th posting.

Royal Arch Quiz Night

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P.G.M. Tom Hendrickson

1.    Name the four degrees of the Royal Arch Chapter?

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2.    Define the word Capitular

3.    The first three Masonic Degrees are often referred to as the Blue Lodge degrees.

In the York Rite the four Capitular degrees are often referred to as the ________ Degrees. Often referred to as _____ Lodge.

4.    In the United States the York Rite is a series of degrees that were collected together into a progressive system. It is also known as the _____________Rite.

5.    Where in the United States and what Lodge is the first Royal Arch recorded in the United States in 1753? I’ll give you a hint….it was George Washington’s Lodge.

6.    In the 1700s Grand Secretary Lawrence Dermott of the Antients Grand Lodge characterized the Royal Arch as “the root, heart and marrow of masonry and the capstone of the whole masonic system.

In your own words what do you think he meant by that?