Lodge Layout & Furnishings
The form of a Lodge is this shape, extending in length from east to west and in breadth between north and south.
What is an oblong?
This item is considered the emblem of innocence and the badge of a Mason.
What is the lambskin or white apron?
It is defined as a certain friendly or brotherly grip whereby one Mason may know another in the dark as in the light.
What is a token?
The Holy Bible, Square, and Compass make up this trio.
What are the three Great Lights in Masonry?
Brotherly Love, Relief, and Truth make up these.
What are the three principle tenets of Freemasonry?
The lodge is supported by three great pillars which constitute these three attributes.
What are Wisdom, Strength, and Beauty?
This is the specific way Entered Apprentices wore their aprons during the building of King Solomon's Temple.
What is with the flap turned up?
When asked "what are signs?", this is the proper geometric response.
What are right angles, horizontals, and perpendiculars?
The Sun, the Moon, and the Master of the Lodge make up this trio.
What are the three Lesser Lights?
Reaching to the clouded canopy, Jacob's Ladder has three principal rounds that represent these three theological virtues.
What are Faith, Hope, and Charity?
The square, level, and plumb make up this specific set of three items, which, along with the moveable jewels, make up the six jewels of a lodge.
What are the Immoveable Jewels?
These are the two working tools of an Entered Apprentice.
What are the 24-inch gauge and the common gavel?
When asked how to dispose of the grip, the brother replies with this phrase
What is "letter or halve it"?
This new name is given to all Entered Apprentices as a strict reminder to carefully guard their words and actions regarding the secrets of the Craft.
What is Caution?
Fortitude, Prudence, Temperance, and Justice make up these.
What are the four cardinal virtues?
The Mosaic Pavement, the Indented Tessellated Border, and the Blazing Star make up these features of the lodge.
What are the Ornaments of the Lodge?
The apron is presented to the EA by the Worshipful Master, and they are taught how to wear it by this specific officer.
Who is the Senior Warden?
When the Worshipful Master says "I Hele," the Senior Deacon responds with this two-word phrase.
What is "I conceal"?
The representatives of the lesser lights are situated in these three directions.
What are East, West, and South?
It is said there is nothing more free, more fervent, or more zealous than these three elements, which represent how an Entered Apprentice serves his Master.
What are chalk, charcoal, and clay?
Every regular and well-governed Lodge is furnished with the Holy Bible, Square, and Compasses, together with one of these two authorizing documents.
What is a Charter or Dispensation?
Genesis, Psalms 133, Matthew 7, 1st Kings, and this Old Testament book are the biblical references listed for the EA degree.
What is the Book of Ruth?
To incur the contempt of all honorable men is considered this.
What is the true penalty of the obligation?
The three lesser lights are explained by stating that as the sun rules the day and the moon governs the night, so should the Worshipful Master, with equal regularity, do this.
What is rule and govern the lodge?
An Entered Apprentice lodge is dedicated to these two Saints.
Who are St. John the Baptist and St. John the Evangelist?