During the obligation repetition, what name is given for the speaker?

• A. I John Adams
• B. I John Peter Paradis of my own freewill and accord, in the presence of God and this worshipful lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, erected to Him and dedicated to the Holy Saints John, do hereby and hereon, solemnly and sincerely promise and swear, that I will always hail, forever conceal and never reveal any of the secret arts, parts or points of the hidden mysteries of Freemasonry, appertaining to the degree of Entered Apprentice Mason, to any person under the canopy of heaven, except it be to a true and lawful brother of this degree, or within the body of a just and legally constituted lodge of Entered Apprentice Mason and neither unto him nor them, until by strict trial, due examination or legal information, I shall have found him or them to be as lawfully entitled to the same as I am myself.
• C. I John Peter Paradis of my own freewill and accord, in the presence of God and this worshipful lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, erected to Him and dedicated to the Holy Saints John, do hereby and hereon, solemnly and sincerely promise and swear, that I will always hail, forever conceal and never reveal any of the secret arts, parts or points of the hidden mysteries of Freemasonry, appertaining to the degree of Entered Apprentice Mason, to any person under the canopy of heaven, except it be to a true and lawful brother of this degree, or within the body of a just and legally constituted lodge of Entered Apprentice Mason and neither unto him nor them, until by strict trial, due examination or legal information, I shall have found him or them to be as lawfully entitled to the same as I am myself.
• D. I John Adams Paradis of my own freewill and accord, in the presence of God and this worshipful lodge, solemnly swear to keep the secrets of Freemasonry.

Answer: (B)

During the obligation repetition, you identify yourself by stating your full name right after the pronoun “I.” This name is the formal identity you are pledging under and is the form used in lodge records for this ceremony. In the text shown, the exact wording begins with “I John Peter Paradis,” so the name given for the speaker is John Peter Paradis. The other options alter the name, which does not match the ceremonial text used in this repetition.