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Professor McGonagall
Hatstall
Sorting Hat
Moment 1:
Zoom in and click to the right of the Great Hall doors. There is a figure there, Professor McGonagall. Click on her to unlock her exclusive content.
Galleons: one on the 3rd step up from the bottom
The left door swings open if you click on it.
Moment 2:
The following are list of questions from the Sorting Ceremony at Pottermore. In order to be sorted, you’ll be taking a quiz, kind of like a personality quiz with no right or wrong answer. Your answers will be the basis for which house you’ll end up with: Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff.
The questions you are given have a sort of randomness. Here are a list of known Sorting Hat question:
In a fire, in which order would you save a nearly perfected cure for dragon pox that the headmaster has been working on for years, student school records dating back 1000 years and Merlin’s book?
- cure, records, book
- cure, book, records
- records, cure, book
- records, book, cure
- book, cure, records
- book, records, cure
A troll has gone berserk in the Headmaster’s 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. In which order would you rescue these objects from the troll’s club, if you could?
Select order:
- Book/Records/Cure
- Book/Cure/Records
- Cure/Book/Records
- Cure/Records/Book
- Records/Cure/Book
- Records/Book/Cure
Which of the following would you most hate people to call you?
- Ordinary
- Ignorant
- Cowardly
- Selfish
Which would you rather be:
- Envied?
- Imitated?
- Trusted?
- Praised?
- Liked?
- Feared?
Once every century, the Flutterby bush produces flowers that adapt their scent to attract the unwary. If it tried to lure you, it would smell of:
- A crackling log fire
- The sea
- Fresh parchment
- Home
Which of the following do you find the most difficult to deal with?
- Hunger
- Cold
- Loneliness
- Boredom
- Being ignored
Four goblets are placed before you. Which would you choose to drink?
- The foaming, frothing, silvery liquid that sparkles as though containing ground diamonds.
- The smooth, thick, richly purple drink that gives off a delicious smell of chocolate and plums.
- The golden liquid so bright that it hurts the eye, and which makes sunspots dance all around the room.
- The mysterious black liquid that gleams like ink, and gives off fumes that make you see strange visions.
Four boxes are placed before you. Which would you try and open
- The small tortoiseshell box, embellished with gold, inside which some small creature seems to be squeaking.
- 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.
- The ornate golden casket, standing on clawed feet, whose inscription warns that both secret knowledge and unbearable temptation lie within.
- The small pewter box, unassuming and plain, with a scratched message upon it that reads ‘I open only for the worthy.’
Which of the following would you most like to study?
- Centaurs
- Goblins
- Merpeople
- Ghosts
- Vampires
- Werewolves
- Trolls
A Muggle confronts you and says that they are sure you are a witch or wizard. Do you:
- Ask what makes them think so?
- Agree, and ask whether they’d like a free sample of a jinx?
- Agree, and walk away, leaving them to wonder whether you are bluffing?
- Tell them that you are worried about their mental health, and offer to call a doctor.
One of your house mates has cheated in a Hogwarts exam by using a Self-Spelling Quill. Now he has come 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?
- Lie and say you don’t know (but hope that somebody else tells Professor Flitwick the truth).
- Tell Professor Flitwick that he ought to ask your classmate (and resolve to tell your classmate that if he doesn’t tell the truth, you will).
- 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.
- 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.
What are you most excited to learn about at Hogwarts?
- Apparition
- Everything magic
- Transfiguration
- Flying brooms
- Hexes and curses
- Magical creatures
- Exploring the castle
How would you like to be known to history?
- The Wise
- The Good
- The Great
- The Bold
Which path would you take?
- Through the forest
- To the castle
- On the beach
Black or white?
- Black
- White
Heads or tails?
- Heads
- Tails
Dawn or dusk?
- Dawn
- Dusk
Moon or stars?
- Moon
- Stars
Left or right?
- Left
- Right
It is debatable which choices points you to which house. However, if you want to figure it out on your own, you can study first about the qualities embodied by the different houses. Be warned that they’re not exactly how they’ve been portrayed in the books. You’ll be surprised about what you learn about the other houses and you’ll find that you have many misconceived ideas about them.
I’m sorted into a house and i’ve done everthing and explored chapter 7 but i can’t move onto chapter 8??
You have to click through to he “end of chapter 7″ page before you can move on to the next one. I had this issue too
Haha reminds me of the beginning of the Elder Scrolls games, to determine what class you are. Awesome!
I cant click Prof.McGonacally in chapter 7.It does glow but nothing happen when I click on it.Am I the only person who got this problem??
It happened to me too! I wonder why
no. I have the same issue. Theres alot of things i cant click on…
fx. The toad on the station with the train.
You right click on McGonagal and then click Inspect Element. Then you right click on the highlighted part that comes up and click delete node. then exit out of the thing that popped up before. Then click on McGonagal and it should then work (that’s what worked for me). I have Google Chrome though it might work the same way.
Hope that helped. Go Slytherclaw! (Slytherin in one, Ravenclaw in another) 
I got sorted into Ravenclaw (yay!) but I want to read about the other houses’ histories. Any way to see the extra info?
Michelle – you can find that here: http://pottermorefieldguide.com/the-four-houses-welcome-message/
Help I can’t go to chapter 8. There is a locked sign there. Do I have to do something or have I missed something? AHHHH!!!!
Hello! I was curious to know if setting up a blog site such
your own: http://pottermorefieldguide.com/g/chapter-7/ is tough
to do for unskilled people? I’ve been wanting to set up my own blog for a while now but have been turned off mainly because I’ve always assumed it demanded tons of
work. What do you think? Regards