Assignment #1:

Due: September 30th

Section One: Multiple Choice (15 points)
1. What year was the Wizarding Council first formed?
A) 982
B) 1060
C) 990
D) 995

2. Approximately how many Chiefs were there in the Wizards Council until 1600?
A) 12
B) 15
C) 10
D) 18

3. What year did Barberus Bragge introduce the sport of snidget hunting to a game of quidditch?
A) 1220
B) 1262
C) 1280
D) 1272

4. How many galleons were offered to the person who caught the snidget in a quidditch game?
A) 150
B) 50
C) 200
D) 100

5. How many galleons was Modesty Rabnott fined for rescuing a snidget during a quidditch game?
A) 5
B) 10
C) 15
D) 20

6. What year did Barberus Bragge step down as Chief of the Wizards Council?
A) 1320
B) 1310
C) 1305
D) 1300

7. How many years was Burdock Muldoon Chief of the Wizards Council?
A) 2
B) 4
C) 6
D) 8

8. Who invented the Golden Snitch that was used in quidditch?
A) Elfrida Clagg
B) Bowman Wright
C) Modesty Rabnott
D) Grogan Stump

9. What year was the Wizarding Examination Authority established?
A) 1489
B) 1479
C) 1469
D) 1459

10. What year was the most acceptable definition of Beasts and Beings created?
A) 1805
B) 1808
C) 1811
D) 1815

Section Two: Fill in the Blanks and short answer (15 points) 1. The founders of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (in alphabetical order) were: _____ _______, _______ _________, ________ _______, and ________ ________.

2. In the year _____ Hogwarts hosted the first ___-________ __________.

3. In ____ the Wizards Council deemed it illegal to play ________ within __ miles of a muggle town.

4. What was the famous decree that the Wizards Council issued regarding quidditch in 1419?

5. In ____, the Wizard's Council interfered one last time in the _____ of quidditch, creating a ban on using _____ against the opposing team.