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
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)
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 |