2nd Degree Questions

Question 0

WM02 Where next?

Answer 0

CAN02 In a convenient room adjoining the Lodge

Question 1

WM01 Where were you first prepared to be a Freemason?

Answer 1

CAN01 In my heart

Question 2

WM03 Describe the mode of your preparation.

Answer 2

CAN03 I was divested of all monies and metallic substances and hoodwinked; my right arm, left breast and knee were made bare; my right heel was slipshod and a cable toe with a running noose about my neck.

Question 3

WM04 Where were you made a Freemason?

Answer 3

CAN04 In the body of the Lodge, just, perfect and regular.

Question 4

WM05 And when?

Answer 4

CAN05 When the sun was at the meridian.

Question 5

WM06 In this country Freemasons Lodges are usually held in the evenings; how do you account for that which at first view appears a paradox?

Answer 5

CAN06 The Sun being the centre of the Solar System and the Earth revolving around it on its axis and Freemasonry being universally spread over its surface, it necessarily follows that the Sun is always at the meridian with respect to Freemasonry.

Question 6

WM07 What is Freemasonry?

Answer 6

CAN07 A peculiar system of morality, veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols.

Question 7

WM08 Who are fit and proper persons to be made Freemasons?

Answer 7

CAN08 Just, upright and free men, of mature age, sound judgement and strict morals.

Question 8

WM09 Name the three grand principles on which the Order is founded

Answer 8

CAN09 Brotherly love, relief and truth.

Question 9

WM10 How do you know yourself to be a Freemason?

Answer 9

CAN10 By the regularity of my initiation, repeated trials and approbation and a willingness at all times to undergo an examination when properly called upon.

Question 10

WM11 How do you demonstrate the proof of your being a Freemason to others?

Answer 10

CAN11 By signs, Tokens and the perfect points of entrance.