Pi Kappa Phi – Final Exam Study Guide with Key
Concepts and Practice Questions
Where was the "Flat Hat Club" formed? What is its significance? - ANS✔✔ William and Mary,
precursor to fraternities
What was the first "modern-day fraternity" - the first group to use Greek letters in its name,
have a secret meaning, grip, and Ritual of Initiation? When was this group formed? Who was
this group's founder? And, what was the group's secret meaning? - ANS✔✔ Phi Beta Kappa,
1776, John Heath, "Philosophy, the Guide of Life"
List the members of the Miami Triad - ANS✔✔ Sigma Chi, Phi Delta Theta, Beta Theta Pi
First recognized women's fraternity, formed in 1870 at Depauw University - ANS✔✔ Kappa
Alpha Theta
Write the Greek alphabet both in English and using the Greek letters. - ANS✔✔ Α - Alpha
Β - Beta
Γ - Gamma
Δ - Delta
Ε - Epsilon
Ζ - Zeta
Η - Eta
Θ - Theta
Ι - Iota
Κ - Kappa
Λ - Lambda
, Μ - Mu
Ν - Nu
Ξ - Xi
Ο - Omicron
Π - Pi
Ρ - Rho
Σ - Sigma
Τ - Tau
Υ - Upsilon
Φ - Phi
Χ - Chi
Ψ - Psi
Ω - Omega
What was the Greek-letter name of the group that later evolved into Pi Kappa Phi? What did the
letters stand for? For what purpose did this group form? - ANS✔✔ Nu Phi, non-fraternity,
generate an opposing slate of officers for the Chrestomathic Literary Society elections
Where and when was Pi Kappa Phi founded? List the seven founding members - ANS✔✔ Simon
Fogarty's house, December 10 1904, Simon Fogarty Jr., Andrew Alexander Kroeg Jr., Lawerence
Mixson, Pelzer Wagener, Thomas Mosimann, Theodore Barnwell Kelly, James Fogarty
Name the "Honorary Fourth Founder" of Pi Kappa Phi, giving his school and chapter
designation. - ANS✔✔ Durward Owen, Xi, Roanoke
Greek/English motto of Pi Kappa Phi - ANS✔✔ "Nothing Shall Ever Tear Us Asunder"
"ΟΥΔΕΝ ΔΙΑΣΠΑΣΕΙ ΗΜΑΕ"
Concepts and Practice Questions
Where was the "Flat Hat Club" formed? What is its significance? - ANS✔✔ William and Mary,
precursor to fraternities
What was the first "modern-day fraternity" - the first group to use Greek letters in its name,
have a secret meaning, grip, and Ritual of Initiation? When was this group formed? Who was
this group's founder? And, what was the group's secret meaning? - ANS✔✔ Phi Beta Kappa,
1776, John Heath, "Philosophy, the Guide of Life"
List the members of the Miami Triad - ANS✔✔ Sigma Chi, Phi Delta Theta, Beta Theta Pi
First recognized women's fraternity, formed in 1870 at Depauw University - ANS✔✔ Kappa
Alpha Theta
Write the Greek alphabet both in English and using the Greek letters. - ANS✔✔ Α - Alpha
Β - Beta
Γ - Gamma
Δ - Delta
Ε - Epsilon
Ζ - Zeta
Η - Eta
Θ - Theta
Ι - Iota
Κ - Kappa
Λ - Lambda
, Μ - Mu
Ν - Nu
Ξ - Xi
Ο - Omicron
Π - Pi
Ρ - Rho
Σ - Sigma
Τ - Tau
Υ - Upsilon
Φ - Phi
Χ - Chi
Ψ - Psi
Ω - Omega
What was the Greek-letter name of the group that later evolved into Pi Kappa Phi? What did the
letters stand for? For what purpose did this group form? - ANS✔✔ Nu Phi, non-fraternity,
generate an opposing slate of officers for the Chrestomathic Literary Society elections
Where and when was Pi Kappa Phi founded? List the seven founding members - ANS✔✔ Simon
Fogarty's house, December 10 1904, Simon Fogarty Jr., Andrew Alexander Kroeg Jr., Lawerence
Mixson, Pelzer Wagener, Thomas Mosimann, Theodore Barnwell Kelly, James Fogarty
Name the "Honorary Fourth Founder" of Pi Kappa Phi, giving his school and chapter
designation. - ANS✔✔ Durward Owen, Xi, Roanoke
Greek/English motto of Pi Kappa Phi - ANS✔✔ "Nothing Shall Ever Tear Us Asunder"
"ΟΥΔΕΝ ΔΙΑΣΠΑΣΕΙ ΗΜΑΕ"
