days at Hogwarts

"Forty minutes left...

"Thirty minutes left...

"Why hasn't it been time to hand in the papers yet?"

Barbie was walking in the aisle of the examination room with steady and even steps, inspecting the examination room. From time to time, she tilted her head slightly and glanced at the clock in the corner of the classroom. She was curious about what Loren wrote in the final translation answer. Unfortunately, he had his hands folded and sat upright, so she could not see the paper at all.

Theoretically, it is allowed to submit the paper early for purely written examination subjects.

Even if some students have finished the test paper in advance and even checked it several times, they will still check it over and over again with a cautious attitude until the bell rings. Loren is obviously not that kind of student. He handed in his previous written tests in advance, but he did not hand in his runes test in advance.

Babeling suspected that this person did it on purpose!

Such students should be repeatedly confined, and work for professors for free on weekends, translating literature, searching for information, and even mailing and receiving letters...

She should have insisted on persuading him to take the runes course, and then threatened him with Miss Granger to help her translate the ancient runes. In four years of elective courses, he could at least translate a few stone inscriptions. Thinking of the academic achievements she might have missed in these years, she felt regretful, and the time waiting for the exam to be over became even more unbearable.

Looking at the clock in the corner, there are still twenty minutes before the end of the exam.

"..."

Babel sighed silently in her heart, walked around in the classroom, and unknowingly walked behind Loren. She subconsciously glanced at his test paper and immediately opened her eyes wide -

There is a gap in the corner of the test paper!

Babel held her breath and looked carefully, and saw words like "Completed".

"Could it be that……"

Babel's eyes lit up with some surprise. This inscription has been passed down for thousands of years, and many scholars in the field of runes have tried to translate it, and there are several translations involving the word "completion".

Would the world-famous alchemist agree with the above translation?

Babel showed her emotions and inadvertently relaxed her vigilance. Her breathing was immediately noticed, and the arm next to her moved over again, blocking the answer again.

"..."

Babel frowned, her mood suddenly turned bad, and she even had the urge to confiscate the test paper immediately, her fingers trembling slightly.

Slowing down her breathing, she repeatedly reminded herself that she was a professor at Hogwarts, and only then did she suppress her impulsive thoughts.

Without getting an answer, her curiosity was aroused and then extinguished. She felt a little annoyed. Babel didn't want to stand there and suffer any more, so she simply turned and walked towards Hermione, wanting to try from another angle.

Unfortunately, Miss Know-It-All's answer was just average and there were no surprises.

"Ugh……"

Babel turned her head to look at the corner. The pendulum of the clock was swinging slowly, and the hands seemed to have not changed at all. The remaining ten minutes seemed even more unbearable.

"Jingle Bell--"

The ending bell rang.

Before Babel could even smile, she saw many students who had been waiting in the examination room stood up at the same time, stuffed their test papers to the invigilator on the podium, and filed out of the classroom.

In the blink of an eye, Loren disappeared.

The invigilator sorted the test papers quickly. The examination procedure of the Education Department did not have test numbers or anything like that, and there was no need to follow any order. The test papers were neatly stacked and put into sealed bags. Seeing that he was about to finish the last bit of work, Barbie immediately stepped forward and pretended to help organize them.

Pulling out Loren's test paper with great anticipation, Barbie was a little excited, she turned the page directly to the last translation question, and then fell silent.

"..."

The invigilator was also a little curious. He took the test paper and saw the following words written neatly on it:

"Complete your own academic research"

……

Two o'clock in the afternoon, history examination room.

The front row seat on the far right.

Hermione placed her hands on the desk, looking straight ahead, scanning the examination room information written on the blackboard at the podium.

"Exam subject: History of Magic.

Examination duration: two and a half hours.

Professor: Cuthbert Binns (Ghost)

Invigilator: Griselda Marchbank

History of Magic was set as the last exam, in line with the tradition of previous exams. Hermione did not recall the numerous historical events at the moment. The exam room was too quiet, and this profound silence seemed to leave a mark in her memory.

It wasn't until the bell rang that she gradually came back to her senses.

Ms. Marchban distributed the examination papers.

Hermione looked down at the test paper with clear ink marks, which still retained the unique scent of ink from the stationery store in Diagon Alley. She did not answer the questions immediately, but glanced over it.

The entire test paper had a total of 51 questions, and most of the answers were from the original textbooks. The history questions tested memory, and as a well-known know-it-all in the school, she found it basically not difficult.

Except for the last material analysis question.

Hermione filled in the candidate information, turned the test paper back to the first page, and began to answer the questions.

In the Hogwarts curriculum, History of Magic is a compulsory subject, listed in the first tier along with Transfiguration, Charms, Potions and Defense Against the Dark Arts. The courses are basically taught in the morning to highlight the importance of History of Magic. All students are required to take this course before the fifth grade. After the fifth grade, even if students meet the academic requirements, few choose to take advanced classes in History of Magic.

In the minds of students, History of Magic has become a miscellaneous course for catching up on sleep, doing homework, and chatting.

This is mainly because the history of magic cannot be put into practice. The content is all pictures and texts in textbooks, which are boring and dull. Not to mention that the professor is a ghost professor with slow thinking. The class is dull and rigid, and there is no interactive experience. In this ultimate wizard level exam, not many students signed up for the history of magic exam, so the questions are relatively simple, mainly testing the memory and understanding of the textbooks. Even if you have not taken advanced classes, as long as you read the textbooks carefully, you can basically get a passing grade.

The previous questions were not difficult at all. Hermione swayed the quill in her hand and quickly answered the last question.

「51. Read the material and complete the following requirements.

Material 1: The Goblin Rebellion was a series of rebellious movements launched by goblins to oppose the discrimination and prejudice against them by wizards. Goblin rebellions were quite common in the 17th and 18th centuries, and according to the Daily Prophet, there are still goblin subversion groups opposing the rule of the Ministry of Magic today. Goblin rebellions in history are often described as "bloody and thrilling".

The goblin rebellion in 1612 took place near Hogsmeade Village, when a tavern in Hogsmeade was used as the wizards' headquarters. The wizards successfully defeated the goblin army and negotiated with the royal family of the goblin kingdom and quickly reached an agreement. The "Wand Act" signed by both parties became a model cited by countries around the world, and all goblins were banned from using wands since then.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

Another famous goblin rebellion took place in the 18th century. The goblin Lara took part in this rebellion and is featured on Chocolate Frog cards.

[Image: Sloppy Lala holding a magic wand]

Material 2: Since the beginning of the 15th century, the persecution of wizard families by Muggles has begun throughout Europe. Many wizards were arrested, imprisoned and sentenced to death for engaging in witchcraft activities (evil supernatural powers in the minds of Muggles). Although most wizards escaped using magic, such as Lisette de Lapan in 1422, some wizards were not so lucky. Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington in 1492 was imprisoned in a dungeon after his wand was taken away, so he could not use magic to escape the fate of being executed. This period of turmoil caused hundreds of wizard families to lose their children, because the children could not control their magic, often attracted the attention of Muggles who hunted wizards, and were unable to resist. The enrollment rate of new students at Hogwarts declined significantly.

Wizards abandoned the concept of helping Muggles that had been passed down from the classical magic era, believing that using magic to help their Muggle neighbors was tantamount to adding fuel to their own fire.

As the persecution of underage wizards by Muggles intensified and expanded, more and more Muggle lords forced wizards to use magic for them, including the increasing number of Muggles being mistaken for witches and burned. In the 17th century, the relationship between wizards and Muggles reached its lowest point. The newly established British Ministry of Magic sent a special delegation of twelve wizards to the Muggle Palace to negotiate with the Muggle monarchs William III and Mary II, hoping that Muggle law would recognize and protect wizards. This attempt to gain official recognition and protection ultimately failed, forcing wizards to voluntarily develop in the opposite direction - hiding their identities and keeping secrets.

The International Statute of Secrecy was signed and implemented in 1689. Wizards put away their wands to hide their identities and try to avoid contact with Muggles. The wizarding society was isolated from the Muggle society, and gradually formed a wizarding community. Many small villages attracted several wizarding families, who united to help and protect each other. Dingworth in Cornwall, Upper Flagley in Yorkshire, Ottery St. Catchpole in Devon, and Godric's Hollow in southwest England - "A History of Magic", written by Bathilda Bagshot

Question:

(1) In the eyes of some goblins, the Treaty of the Wand is an unfair treaty that should be abolished. Analyze whether the Wand legislation contributed to or curbed the goblin rebellion in the eighteenth century.

(2) Is the Statute of Secrecy part of the Wand Treaty that restricts wizards? Is it still applicable today? Why?

(3) Can wizards use war to force Muggles to abandon or suspend the development of technology and curb the harm of technology to various magical creatures? Why?

The materials and questions take up an entire page, leaving the remaining page blank as the answer area.

Hermione's eyes flickered as she fell into deep thought.

The material was what had appeared repeatedly in the textbooks, but the depth of the questions was completely different from the previous ones, and even deviated from the purpose of setting questions in the History of Magic exams over the past few decades.

Progressive and aggressive.

The emergence of this abnormal situation can only mean that the conversation between Loren and Ms. Jorkins has been conveyed to the top leaders of the Ministry of Magic, and even the entire Wizengamot has participated in the discussion. Perhaps they have made a decision, or perhaps they are still wavering and hesitating.

Choose the war that is coming, conquer the Muggles as you conquer the goblins, or choose the path Loren offers.

Regardless of whether this set of questions was some kind of test by the people who set the questions in the Education Department, or whether those officials were unable to make a decision themselves and were soliciting opinions from outside, these questions fit the questions that Hermione had been thinking about after learning about the plan.

I put the feather pen into the ink bottle, waited for the feather tube to absorb the ink, and gradually organized the words in my mind.

Hermione looked down at the blank page, as if it was the future waiting for them to write, and began to write.

The scores in the previous basic part were enough to obtain a certificate of excellent results. She didn't care much about the scores of these questions. There was no correct answer to this question, or the correct answer needed to be judged by wizards thousands of years later. Therefore, zero points and full marks were meaningless. She did not answer the previous guiding questions and directly began to discuss her own views.

"Wizards can't stop the development of technology, nor can they stop the pace of Muggles. Ever since the dark wizards of the classical magic era dug out the Unforgivable Curse from the old paper pile, the Killing Curse has become the best choice for wizards to murder. There has been no progress for thousands of years until Voldemort broke through the single-casting limit of the Killing Curse. This innovative and optimized magic has not been passed down, and probably no normal wizard would regret it. On the other hand, Muggles wield technological wands to improve and innovate more and more murder magic. Firearms achieved efficiency breakthroughs as early as the last century, and this Killing Curse has no restrictions. Even preschool children can easily pull the trigger and murder a group of flesh and blood wizards. It is true that there are magic such as shattering, fierce fire, and thunder explosion, and Muggles have also created corresponding artillery shells, white phosphorus incendiary bombs, and even biological and chemical weapons and nuclear weapons.

“If wizards and Muggles engage in a head-on war, there is almost no hope of victory. If wizards who claim to be righteous can learn the methods of dark wizards such as Death Eaters, they may be able to achieve good results. Both sides will suffer heavy losses, and the outcome of the war is still unpredictable.

“In addition, we need to consider another problem. The magical world is not just the world of wizards. There are also many humanoid magical creatures. How should they choose?

"We can make the right choices, reach for the stars, and create a better future."

The handwriting was slightly connected, but still neat and beautiful. The whole answer was extremely fluent without any stutters or ink blobs.

The entire blank page was not filled in, which made Hermione feel a little regretful. If she had answered the first two questions first, at least she would have gotten a higher score.

Putting down the quill, Hermione did not make any deletions or corrections, nor did she want to go back and check the sentences. She simply turned the test paper and looked at the questions in the previous part.

Thirty minutes later, the bell rang.

Hermione checked the candidate information again and was about to stand up to hand in the paper. Suddenly, she seemed to realize something and turned around to see the elderly invigilator standing beside her.

"Ms. Marchbank."

Hermione nodded in greeting.

Ms. Marchbank looked at her gently and said, "I was inspecting the exam and saw you writing the last question. I felt a little touched. You are old and not in good spirits. You were lost in thought... It's okay, hand in your paper."

"..."

Hermione pursed her lips, asked nothing, handed in her paper and left the examination room.