Due by March 31st. Accepted between February 1 and June 15.

Please submit class work to: hogwarts@cosmoschaise.co.uk with the following title: Castle Assignment 6 - [HOL Name] (with your HOL name in place of [HOL Name], natch). Be sure to include your full HOL Name and house somewhere in the email.

You must submit the assignment as a whole; do not send in separate emails for homework and extra credit. Attachments are fine and in fact preferred over image hosting links.

Assignment 6

Short Answer (20 points)

1. Describe the bedspreads found in the Slytherin Common Room.
2. What do the Hufflepuff dormitory doors resemble?
3. What do the windows in the Slytherin Common Room look out onto?
4. The Kitchens are arranged much like the Great Hall above it, with food being transported from the tables there to the tables above. Therefore, the Kitchens must have at least how many tables?
5. How are the Potions classroom and the Head of Slytherin's office similar?
6. Describe the bedspreads found in the Hufflepuff Common Room.
7. Approximately how many students can be in the Potions classroom at a time?
8. Who is responsible for house-elves staffing the Hogwarts Kitchens?
9. What lights the Dungeons?
10. If you find yourself at an entrance near a still-life portrait, where are you?

Opinion (10 points)

By now we've learned of several different methods of gaining entry into common rooms and other protected places. Which do you think is the most effective at keeping them private and secure? Do you think common rooms need such protections? Are there other ways to secure rooms that we haven't explored? Using at least 150 words, explain your reasoning.

Extra Credit 6

Solve the following Fallen Letters puzzle about the one common room Harry Potter didn't visit. Worth 30 points.
Also! Bonus points if you can identify when and where this quote is from.

A fallen letters puzzle

The following link is the direct link for the puzzle; you can click it for printing or for direct downloading: PNG

How Fallen Letter puzzles work: The letters from the "billboard" have all fallen down and gotten mixed up within each column. Place the letters in the correct place in order to discover what the "billboard" says.