What did you next behold?

• A. The Worshipful Master approaching from the East with a staff.
• B. The Worshipful Master approaching from the East, under the due guard and penal sign of an Entered Apprentice Mason, extending his right hand in token of friendship and instructing in the grip and word, and then bidding me arise and salute the Wardens and turn to the East.
• C. A group of Wardens saluting.
• D. A lantern being lit.

Answer: (B)

This item tests recognizing the moment when the Worshipful Master acknowledges the Entered Apprentice and begins the next step by imparting the grip and word. In the EA ritual, the Master approaches from the East under the due guard and penal sign of the degree, extending the right hand as a token of friendship and then instructing you in the grip and the word. After that, you’re told to arise, salute the Wardens, and turn to the East. That sequence—Master from the East, proper signs, handshake, instruction in the grip and word, then rising to salute and face the East—is precisely what this moment describes. The other options omit or misplace elements of that specific exchange (for example, a lantern being lit, or Wardens saluting without the Master’s handshake and instruction), so they don’t fit the described scene.