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Sorting Hat Quiz

1. When you die what would you most like people to do when they hear your name?
a. Miss you and smile.
b. Ask for more stories about your adventures.
c. Think in admiration of your achievements.
d. I don't care what people think of me when I'm dead, it's when I'm alive that
matters.
2. Amortenia is a potion that smells of what attracts a person. If it lured you what would it
smell of?
a. A crackling log fire
b. New parchment
c. The sea
d. Home
3. If you could create a new potion that would give you one thing what would you choose?
a. Love
b. Glory
c. Wisdom
d. Power
4. What power would you like to have?
a. Invisibility
b. Super strength
c. The ability to change the past
d. The ability to change your appearance at will
e. Mind reading
f. The ability to talk to animals
5. What are you most looking forward to learning at Hogwarts?
a. Apparition and disapparition
b. Transfiguration
c. Flying on a broomstick
d. Castle Secrets
e. Hexes and jinxes
f. All about magical creatures
g. Every area of magic I can
6. Which road tempts you the most?
a. The sunny, grassy lane
b. The Narrow dark lantern lit alley
c. The twisting leaf-strewn path in the woods
d. The cobbled street lined with ancient buildings
7. Four boxes are placed before you. Which do try and you open?
a. The small tortoiseshell box, embellished with gold, inside which some small
creature seems to be squeaking
b. The gleaming jet black box with a silver lock and key, marked with a mysterious
rune that you know to be the mark of Merlin
c. The ornate golden casket, standing on clawed feet, whose inscription warms that
both secret knowledge and unbearable temptation lie within
d. The small pewter box, unassuming and plain, with a scratched message upon it
that reads I only open for the worthy
8. You are walking along and hear a sound. What do you do?

a. Tread cautiously with you hand on your concealed wand

b. Retreat and wait for the source of the sound to reveal itself while remembering
defensive spells
c. Draw your wand and stand your ground
d. Seek out the source of the sound
9. How would you like to be remembered in history?
a. Being wise
b. Being good
c. Being great
d. Being bold
10. Which do you find most difficult to deal with?
a. Boredom
b. Cold
c. Hunger
d. Loneliness
e. Being ignored
11. Four goblets are placed in front of you, which would you choose to drink?
a. Foaming, silvery liquid that sparkles as though containing ground diamonds
b. Smooth, thick purple drink that smells of chocolate and plums
c. Golden liquid, which makes sun spots dance around the room
d. Mysterious inky black liquid, which gives the drinker strange visions
12. Which would you not want others to call you?
a. Ordinary
b. Ignorant
c. Cowardly
d. Selfish
13. A muggle confronts you and says that they are sure you are a witch or wizard. Do you:
a. Ask what makes them think so?
b. Agree and walk away, leaving them wondering about the truth?
c. Agree and ask them if they want a free sample of a jinx?
d. Offer to call a professional doctor?
14. Which magical creatures would you most like to study?
a. Centaurs
b. Merpeople
c. Ghosts
d. Vampires
e. Werewolves
f. Trolls
15. Which would you rather be?
a. Liked
b. Imitated
c. Praised
d. Envied
e. Feared
f. Trusted
16. One of you house mates has cheated in a Hogwarts exam by using a self-spelling quill.
Now he has come to top of the class in charms, beating you into second place.
Professor Flitwick is suspicious of what happened. He draws you to one side after his
lesson and asks you whether or not your classmate used a forbidden quill. What do you
do?

a. Lie and say you dont know (but hope that somebody else tells Professor Flitwick
the truth.)
b. Tell Professor Flitwick that he ought to ask your classmate (and resolve to tell
your classmate that if he doesnt tell the truth, you will.)
c. Tell Professor Flitwick the truth. If your classmate is prepared to win by cheating,
he deserves to be found out. Also, as you are both in the same house, any points
he loses will be regained by you, for coming first in his place.
d. You would not wait to be asked to tell Professor Flitwick the truth. If you knew
that somebody was using a forbidden quill, you would tell the teacher before the
exam started.
17. What kind of instrument most pleases your ear?
a. Violin
b. Trumpet
c. Piano
d. Drum
18. You and two friends need to cross a bridge guarded by a river troll who insists on fighting
one of you before he will let all of you pass. Do you:
a. Attempt to confuse the troll into letting all three of you pass without fighting?
b. Suggest drawing lots to decide which of you will fight?
c. Suggest that all three of you should fight (without telling the troll)?
d. Volunteer to fight?
19. Which nightmare would frighten you most?
a. Standing on top of something very high and realizing suddenly that there are no
hand- or footholds, nor any barrier to stop you falling
b. An eye at the keyhole of the dark, windowless room in which you are locked
c. Waking up to find that neither your friends nor your family have any idea who you
are.
d. Being forced to speak in such a silly voice that hardly anyone can understand
you, and everyone laughs at you
20. A troll has gone berserk in the Headmasters study at Hogwarts. It is about to smash,
crush and tear several irreplaceable items and treasures, including a cure for dragon
pox, which the Headmaster has nearly perfected; student records going back 1000 years
and a mysterious handwritten book full of strange runes, believed to have belonged to
Merlin. Which would you save first?
a. Merlin's book, Dragon Pox Cure, Student Records
b. Dragon pox cure, Merlins book, Student Records
c. Student records, Dragon Pox Cure, Merlins book
d. Student records, Merlins book, Dragon Pox Cure
21. You enter an enchanted garden. What would you be most curious to examine first?
a. The silver leafed tree bearing golden apples
b. The fat red toadstools that appear to be talking to each other
c. The bubbling pool, in the depths of which something luminous is swirling
d. The statue of an old wizard with a strangely twinkling eye

Answers
1. When you die what would you most
like people to do when they hear
your name?
a. Hufflepuff
b. Gryffindor
c. Ravenclaw
d. Slytherin
2. Amortenia is a potion that smells of
what attracts a person. If it lured you
what would it smell of?
a. Gryffindor
b. Ravenclaw
c. Slytherin
d. Hufflepuff
3. If you could create a new potion that
would give you one thing what would
you choose?
a. Hufflepuff
b. Gryffindor
c. Ravenclaw
d. Slytherin
4. What power would you like to have?
a. Gryffindor
b. Hufflepuff
c. Slytherin
d. Slytherin
e. Ravenclaw
f. Hufflepuff
5. What are you most looking forward
to learning at Hogwarts?
a. Slytherin
b. Ravenclaw
c. Gryffindor
d. Gryffindor
e. Slytherin
f. Hufflepuff
g. Ravenclaw
6. Which road tempts you the most?
a. Hufflepuff
b. Slytherin
c. Gryffindor
d. Ravenclaw
7. Four boxes are placed before you.
Which do try and you open?
a. Hufflepuff
b. Slytherin
c. Ravenclaw
d. Gryffindor

8. You are walking along and hear a

sound. What do you do?
a. Hufflepuff
b. Ravenclaw
c. Slytherin
d. Gryffindor
9. How would you like to be
remembered in history?
a. Ravenclaw
b. Hufflepuff
c. Slytherin
d. Gryffindor
10. Which do you find most difficult to
deal with?
a. Gryffindor
b. Slytherin
c. Hufflepuff
d. Hufflepuff
e. Ravenclaw
11. Four goblets are placed in front of
you, which would you choose to
drink?
a. Ravenclaw
b. Hufflepuff
c. Gryffindor
d. Slytherin
12. Which would you not want others to
call you?
a. Slithering
b. Ravenclaw
c. Gryffindor
d. Hufflepuff
13. A muggle confronts you and says
that they are sure you are a witch or
wizard. Do you:
a. Ravenclaw
b. Gryffindor
c. Slytherin
d. Hufflepuff
14. Which magical creatures would you
most like to study?
a. Ravenclaw
b. Slytherin
c. Gryffindor
d. Slytherin
e. Hufflepuff
f. Hufflepuff
15. Which would you rather be?
a. Hufflepuff

b. Ravenclaw
c. Gryffindor
d. Slytherin
e. Slytherin
f. Hufflepuff
16. One of you house mates has
cheated in a Hogwarts exam by
using a self-spelling quill.
a. Hufflepuff
b. Gryffindor
c. Ravenclaw
d. Slytherin
17. What kind of instrument most
pleases your ear?
a. Slytherin
b. Hufflepuff
c. Ravenclaw
d. Gryffindor
18. You and two friends need to cross a
bridge guarded by a river troll who
insists on fighting one of you before
he will let all of you pass. Do you:

a. Ravenclaw
b. Hufflepuff
c. Slytherin
d. Gryffindor
19. Which nightmare would frighten you
most?
a. Ravenclaw
b. Gryffindor
c. Hufflepuff
d. Slytherin
20. A troll has gone berserk in the
Headmasters study at Hogwarts.
a. Ravenclaw
b. Gryffindor
c. Hufflepuff
d. Slytherin
21. You enter an enchanted garden.
What would you be most curious to
examine first?
a. Ravenclaw
b. Hufflepuff
c. Slytherin
d. Gryffindor