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====Divination====
 
====Divination====
Included looking into a [[crystal ball]] and being able to distinguish what could be seen. Both [[Harry Potter]] and [[Ronald Weasley]] chose to simply make something up. Harry's prediction, of a [[hippogriff]] flying away, turned out to be accurate.
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Included looking into a [[crystal ball]] and being able to distinguish what could be seen. Both [[Harry Potter]] and [[Ronald Weasley]] chose to simply make something up. Harry's prediction, of a [[hippogriff]] flying away, turned out to be accurate. As nobody was mentioned as having failed the exam despite several students admitting they were just making things up, it is likely that anyone who at least pretended to see something would have been given a pass.
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==

Revision as of 03:50, 9 May 2013

All third year students at Hogwarts are required to complete a set of examinations to get into the fourth year. There is one exam for each subject.

1994 timetable

Monday: Transfiguration, Charms, Arithmancy and Study of Ancient Runes.

Tuesday: Care of Magical Creatures, Potions, Astronomy.

Wednesday: History of Magic, Herbology.

Thursday: Defence Against the Dark Arts, Divination, Muggle Studies.

Known exams

1993

Transfiguration

The exam included turning a teapot into a tortoise.

Charms

Was to perform the Cheering Charm, among other spells.

Care of Magical Creatures

To keep a Flobberworm alive for an hour.

Potions

To brew a Confusing Concoction.

History of Magic

May have included questions on Witch Hunts.

Defence Against the Dark Arts

An obstacle course of dark magical creatures which included wading across a deep paddling pool containing a grindylow, a series of potholes full of Red Caps, Squishing your way across a patch of marsh ignoring the misleading directions of a Hinkypunk then climbing into an old trunk and battle a Boggart.

Divination

Included looking into a crystal ball and being able to distinguish what could be seen. Both Harry Potter and Ronald Weasley chose to simply make something up. Harry's prediction, of a hippogriff flying away, turned out to be accurate. As nobody was mentioned as having failed the exam despite several students admitting they were just making things up, it is likely that anyone who at least pretended to see something would have been given a pass.

Appearances

See also

Wizarding education
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The eleven schools
Beauxbatons · Castelobruxo · Durmstrang · Hogwarts · Ilvermorny · Koldovstoretz · Mahoutokoro · Uagadou
Specialised schools
Academy of Broom Flying · Charm School · Euro-Glyph School of Extraordinary Languages · Merge School of Under-Water Spellage · The Naaszcademy of Magizoology · Wizarding Academy of Dramatic Arts · Young Wizards Daycare Center