When sorted, you are asked 7 different questions (8 if you're a Hatstall), but these are only a few of a bunch. Here you can view all the questions available in the Sorting Ceremony.
1. Which of the following would you most hate people to call you?
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2. Once every century, the Flutterby bush produces flowers that adapt their scent to attract the unwary. If it lured you, it would smell of:
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3. Given the choice, would you rather invent a potion that would guarantee you:
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4. After you have died, what would you most like people to do when they hear your name?
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5. What kind of instrument most pleases your ear?
6. Which of the following do you find most difficult to deal with?
7. Which of the following would you most like to study?
8. Late at night, walking alone down the street, you hear a peculiar cry that you believe to have a magical source. Do you:
9. 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:
10. Moon or stars?
11. Black or white?
12. Dawn or dusk?
13. Left or right?
14. Heads or tails?
15. Forest or river?
16. You enter an enchanted garden. What would you be most curious to examine first?
17. Four goblets are placed before you. Which would you choose to drink?
18. Four boxes are placed before you. Which would you try and open?
19. A Muggle confronts you and says that they are sure you are a witch or wizard. Do you:
20. What are you most looking forward to learning at Hogwarts?
21. Which would you rather be:
22. If you could have any power, which would you choose?
23. 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?
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24. 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?
25. Which road tempts you most?
26. Which nightmare would frighten you most?
27. How would you like to be known to history?
Bonus: Which house would you most like to be in? (Only asked those who are Hatstalls, and only the houses you fit are shown. It may be two, three or all four houses depending on your previous answers.):
