Q 01/05

What did 'lodge' first mean to medieval stonemasons?

A) A guildhall

B) A workshop

C) A tavern

D) A chapel

Answer · why

B) A workshop

A workshop: the lodge was the masons' hut put up beside a big building job, and the word later passed to the group of men who worked there.

Q 02/05

What is Craft Freemasonry's third and highest degree called?

A) Master Mason

B) Grand Master

C) Past Master

D) Mark Master

Answer · why

A) Master Mason

Master Mason: there is no higher degree in Freemasonry, so the many numbered degrees of bodies like the Scottish Rite count as further teaching, not p...

Q 03/05

What is the first degree a candidate receives in Freemasonry?

A) Fellow Craft

B) Royal Arch

C) Most Excellent Master

D) Entered Apprentice

Answer · why

D) Entered Apprentice

Entered Apprentice is the first of three steps, and each step has its own secret grip and password so that Masons can tell how far another member has ...

Q 04/05

A Mason is 'initiated' into the first degree, 'passed' to the second, and what to the third?

A) Raised

B) Exalted

C) Advanced

D) Installed

Answer · why

A) Raised

Raised comes from the third degree's drama, in which the body of a murdered master builder is lifted from a makeshift grave; the ceremony acts the sto...

Q 05/05

What is the officer called who stands guard outside the door of a working lodge?

A) The Warden

B) The Deacon

C) The Steward

D) The Tyler

Answer · why

D) The Tyler

The Tyler stands outside with a drawn sword to keep off 'cowans and eavesdroppers', and a lodge whose door is secured is still said to be tyled.