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Understanding Freemasonry: A Quiz on Its History and Beliefs

Test your knowledge of Freemasonry with this quiz that covers its history, beliefs, and related organizations.

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1 These include such organisations as the Orange Order, which originated in Ireland, the Knights of Pythias, or the ________.

2 Unlike its predecessor, it did not explicitly name Masonic orders among the ________ it condemns.

3 Many Islamic anti-Masonic arguments are closely tied to both ________ and Anti-Zionism, though other criticisms are made such as linking Freemasonry to Dajjal.

4 In English-speaking countries, this is frequently the ________ or another standard translation; there is no such thing as an exclusive 'Masonic Bible'.

5 While Freemasonry has often been called a '________', Freemasons themselves argue that it is more correct to say that it is an esoteric society, in that certain aspects are private.

6 When the UGLE was formed in 1813, all U.S.-based Lodges were stricken from their rolls – due largely to the ________.

7 This means that Freemasonry accepts men from a wide range of faiths, including (but not limited to) ________, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Sikhism, Hinduism, etc.

8 There are also specialist Lodges of Research, with membership drawn from Master Masons only, with interests in Masonic Research (of ________, philosophy, etc.).

9 the former ________ states in Eastern Europe).

10 In the wake of the ________, the Unlawful Societies Act, 1799 banned any meetings of groups that required their members to take an oath or obligation.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Friend to Friend Masonic Memorial depicts the historical event of an Union officer aiding a Confederate officer at the Battle of Gettysburg, due to both being Freemasons.
  • the office building that houses the Oklahoma City National Memorial Museum was built by Freemasons and once held an auditorium said to be the second largest in the American West.
  • the Masonic Widows and Orphans Home, founded by the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, is the oldest Masonic Home foundation in North America.
  • the Union of Salvation, a Russian secret society of revolutionary Decembrists, was organized according to a complex Masonic style system of rituals and vows.
  • the Freemasons Tavern in Hove, with its elaborate mosaic exterior decorated with Masonic symbols, is "reminiscent of the Viennese Secession".
  • the 13th-century Hanging Chapel in Langport has been a town hall, grammar school, museum and armoury before becoming a masonic hall.
  • Indianapolis's Scottish Rite Cathedral (pictured) is the largest building dedicated to Freemasonry in the United States, and features many measurements in multiples of 33.
  • British poisoner Frederick Seddon made a secret Masonic signal to his trial judge, prominent Freemason Thomas Townsend Bucknill, in an attempt to overturn the jury's guilty verdict.
  • members of the Philo Literary Society at Canonsburg Academy would cover the windows with their cloaks to prevent onlookers, because secret societies were presumed to be tied to freemasonry or witchcraft.
  • "the light arises in the East", an apparently pro-Soviet slogan coined by Romanian writer Mihail Sadoveanu in 1945, is seen by some as a coded warning to his fellow Freemasons about communization.
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