TEST 2 ALPHA HISTORY EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
Write out the Sphinx Prayer
Oh, Father, may we, as oncoming Alpha men, make full development so that we may uphold the
high standards of Alpha Phi Alpha - Manly Deeds, Scholarship, and Love for All Mankind -
throughout eternity. Amen.
Write out the Sphinxman Credo
As a Sphinxman, I will uphold high scholastic standards, high moral character, brotherly love,
personal progress, loyalty, and the respect of womanhood to the best of my ability.
Write out the Sphinxman Hymn
The mystic Sphinx, for us the name does signify
We love and guard its customs and ideals,
Our task is hard, our vigil long and dutiful,
Our hearts are ever mindful of our task.
And should we cross those burning sands that guard our aims,
We pledge ourselves its mandates to obey.
To this one goal our concentrated efforts be,
To be a worthy part of Noble A Phi A.
What is the title of Chapter 6 of the History Book?
Expansion and Internal Development
Mnemonic: 6pansion and Internal Development
What is the title of Chapter 7 of the History Book?
The Leaven of Self-Examination.
Mnemonic: The "Seven" of Self-Examination
Name an Alpha in Politics
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
former U.S. Representative (NY)
Andrew Young
former US Congress
Representative (GA), UN Ambassador and former Mayor (Atlanta, GA)
Bennett Stewart
,U.S. House of Representatives, Illinois
Chaka Fattah
Congressman, Pennsylvania
Channing H. Tobias
Delegate to the United Nations
Charles H. Davenport
First African-American Police Chief of Vicksburg, Mississippi
Charles Mahoney
United Nations
Charles Price
Circuit Court Judge, Montgomery County, Maryland
Charles Rangel
Congressman, New York (15th District)
Clarence Pendleton
U.S. Civil Rights Commission
Damon J. Keith
U.S. Court of Appeals
David Dinkins
Mayor- New York, NY
Dennis Archer
Mayor of Detroit, Michigan
Earl Hilliard
Congressman, Alabama (7th
District)
Earnest "Dutch" Morial
1st Black Mayor of New Orleans
Edward W. Brooke
U.S. Senate, Massachusetts
Emanuel Cleaver
, Mayor, Kansas City, MO
Ernest Finney
South Carolina Supreme Court Justice
Eugene Sawyer
Mayor of Chicago, Illinois
Harold Ford
U.S. Representative (TN)
Harry Edwards
U.S. Court of Appeals
Henry Marsh
Mayor- Richmond, VA
Hubert Humphrey
U.S. Vice President (Honorary)
James A. Joseph
U. S. Ambassador to the Republic of South Africa
Julian Dixon
US Representative-California (32nd District)
Kwame Kilpatrick
Mayor of Detroit
Lawrence Crawford
Mayor- Suffolk VA
Lee Brown
Mayor-Houston, TX
Lee P. Brown
Office of National Drug Control Policy/War on Drugs Program
Lionel Wilson
Mayor- Oakland, CA
Marc Morial
Mayor-New Orleans , LA
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
Write out the Sphinx Prayer
Oh, Father, may we, as oncoming Alpha men, make full development so that we may uphold the
high standards of Alpha Phi Alpha - Manly Deeds, Scholarship, and Love for All Mankind -
throughout eternity. Amen.
Write out the Sphinxman Credo
As a Sphinxman, I will uphold high scholastic standards, high moral character, brotherly love,
personal progress, loyalty, and the respect of womanhood to the best of my ability.
Write out the Sphinxman Hymn
The mystic Sphinx, for us the name does signify
We love and guard its customs and ideals,
Our task is hard, our vigil long and dutiful,
Our hearts are ever mindful of our task.
And should we cross those burning sands that guard our aims,
We pledge ourselves its mandates to obey.
To this one goal our concentrated efforts be,
To be a worthy part of Noble A Phi A.
What is the title of Chapter 6 of the History Book?
Expansion and Internal Development
Mnemonic: 6pansion and Internal Development
What is the title of Chapter 7 of the History Book?
The Leaven of Self-Examination.
Mnemonic: The "Seven" of Self-Examination
Name an Alpha in Politics
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
former U.S. Representative (NY)
Andrew Young
former US Congress
Representative (GA), UN Ambassador and former Mayor (Atlanta, GA)
Bennett Stewart
,U.S. House of Representatives, Illinois
Chaka Fattah
Congressman, Pennsylvania
Channing H. Tobias
Delegate to the United Nations
Charles H. Davenport
First African-American Police Chief of Vicksburg, Mississippi
Charles Mahoney
United Nations
Charles Price
Circuit Court Judge, Montgomery County, Maryland
Charles Rangel
Congressman, New York (15th District)
Clarence Pendleton
U.S. Civil Rights Commission
Damon J. Keith
U.S. Court of Appeals
David Dinkins
Mayor- New York, NY
Dennis Archer
Mayor of Detroit, Michigan
Earl Hilliard
Congressman, Alabama (7th
District)
Earnest "Dutch" Morial
1st Black Mayor of New Orleans
Edward W. Brooke
U.S. Senate, Massachusetts
Emanuel Cleaver
, Mayor, Kansas City, MO
Ernest Finney
South Carolina Supreme Court Justice
Eugene Sawyer
Mayor of Chicago, Illinois
Harold Ford
U.S. Representative (TN)
Harry Edwards
U.S. Court of Appeals
Henry Marsh
Mayor- Richmond, VA
Hubert Humphrey
U.S. Vice President (Honorary)
James A. Joseph
U. S. Ambassador to the Republic of South Africa
Julian Dixon
US Representative-California (32nd District)
Kwame Kilpatrick
Mayor of Detroit
Lawrence Crawford
Mayor- Suffolk VA
Lee Brown
Mayor-Houston, TX
Lee P. Brown
Office of National Drug Control Policy/War on Drugs Program
Lionel Wilson
Mayor- Oakland, CA
Marc Morial
Mayor-New Orleans , LA
