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{{Out of universe}}The '''Ilvermorny sorting quiz''' is an interactive featured added to {{PM}} on [[28 June]] [[2016]]. Based on answers to a series of multiple-choice questions users are sorted into one of the four houses of [[Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]]: [[Thunderbird (House)|Thunderbird]], [[Wampus (House)|Wampus]], [[Horned Serpent (House)|Horned Serpent]], or [[Pukwudgie (House)|Pukwudgie]].<ref>[https://www.pottermore.com/news/pottermore-reveals-ilvermorny-writing-video-and-sorting News: "New Ilvermorny writing and Sorting Ceremony by J.K. Rowling now on Pottermore"] at {{PM}}</ref>
{{Out of universe}}
 
{{Pottermore}}
 
The '''Ilvermorny sorting quiz''' is an interactive featured added to {{PM}} on [[28 June]] [[2016]]. Based on answers to a series of multiple-choice questions users are sorted into one of the four houses of [[Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]]: [[Thunderbird (House)|Thunderbird]], [[Wampus (House)|Wampus]], [[Horned Serpent (House)|Horned Serpent]], or [[Pukwudgie (House)|Pukwudgie]].<ref>[https://my.pottermore.com/ilvermorny-sorting/ Ilvermorny Sorting]</ref>
 
   
 
==Questions & choices==
 
==Questions & choices==
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|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|What's your preference?
 
|What's your preference?
  +
 
*Plot
 
*Plot
 
*Explore
 
*Explore
 
|[[File:Ilvermorny sorting-preference.png|250px]]
 
|[[File:Ilvermorny sorting-preference.png|250px]]
 
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|Would you rather?
 
|Would you rather?
  +
 
*Hunt
 
*Hunt
 
*Heal
 
*Heal
 
|[[File:Ilvermorny sorting-rather.png|250px]]
 
|[[File:Ilvermorny sorting-rather.png|250px]]
 
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|My magic is…
 
|My magic is…
  +
 
*inborn
 
*inborn
 
*in need of work
 
*in need of work
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*powerful
 
*powerful
 
|[[File:Ilvermorny sorting-magic.png|250px]]
 
|[[File:Ilvermorny sorting-magic.png|250px]]
 
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|I challenge…
 
|I challenge…
  +
 
*authority
 
*authority
 
*other people's patience
 
*other people's patience
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*myself
 
*myself
 
|[[File:Ilvermorny sorting-challenge.png|250px]]
 
|[[File:Ilvermorny sorting-challenge.png|250px]]
 
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|My beliefs are…
 
|My beliefs are…
  +
 
*hard won
 
*hard won
 
*who I am
 
*who I am
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*few but strong
 
*few but strong
 
|[[File:Ilvermorny sorting-beliefs.png|250px]]
 
|[[File:Ilvermorny sorting-beliefs.png|250px]]
 
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|I am strongest when...
 
|I am strongest when...
  +
 
*I know I'm right
 
*I know I'm right
 
*with my comrades
 
*with my comrades
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*alone
 
*alone
 
|[[File:Ilvermorny sorting-strongest.png|250px]]
 
|[[File:Ilvermorny sorting-strongest.png|250px]]
 
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|A soulmate is…
 
|A soulmate is…
  +
 
*out there somewhere
 
*out there somewhere
 
*an illusion
 
*an illusion
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*strong where I'm weak, weak where I'm strong
 
*strong where I'm weak, weak where I'm strong
 
|[[File:Ilvermorny sorting-soulmate.png|250px]]
 
|[[File:Ilvermorny sorting-soulmate.png|250px]]
 
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|What would you least like to lose?
 
|What would you least like to lose?
  +
 
*Reputation
 
*Reputation
 
*Health
 
*Health
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*Hope
 
*Hope
 
|[[File:Ilvermorny sorting-lose.png|250px]]
 
|[[File:Ilvermorny sorting-lose.png|250px]]
 
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|Where would you least like to find yourself?
 
|Where would you least like to find yourself?
  +
 
*Imprisoned alone in a silent dungeon
 
*Imprisoned alone in a silent dungeon
 
*Locked in a crowded cage, standing room only
 
*Locked in a crowded cage, standing room only
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*Lost in the forest at night, eyes staring at you through the dark
 
*Lost in the forest at night, eyes staring at you through the dark
 
|[[File:Ilvermorny sorting-where.png|250px]]
 
|[[File:Ilvermorny sorting-where.png|250px]]
 
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|I wish I knew how to…
 
|I wish I knew how to…
  +
 
*forget
 
*forget
 
*win
 
*win
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*get through
 
*get through
 
|[[File:Ilvermorny sorting-howto.png|250px]]
 
|[[File:Ilvermorny sorting-howto.png|250px]]
 
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|Why?
 
|Why?
  +
 
*freedom
 
*freedom
 
*individuality
 
*individuality
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*ambition
 
*ambition
 
|[[File:Ilvermorny sorting-why.png|250px]]
 
|[[File:Ilvermorny sorting-why.png|250px]]
 
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|I most value…
 
|I most value…
  +
 
*freedom
 
*freedom
 
*individuality
 
*individuality
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*ambition
 
*ambition
 
|[[File:Ilvermorny sorting-value.png|250px]]
 
|[[File:Ilvermorny sorting-value.png|250px]]
 
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|Which would you choose if you could only have one?
 
|Which would you choose if you could only have one?
  +
 
*The power to change one day in your future
 
*The power to change one day in your future
 
*The power to change one day in your past
 
*The power to change one day in your past
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*The power to know the answer to any single question
 
*The power to know the answer to any single question
 
|[[File:Ilvermorny sorting-chooseone.png|250px]]
 
|[[File:Ilvermorny sorting-chooseone.png|250px]]
 
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|I would most like to discover…
 
|I would most like to discover…
  +
 
*a powerful magical creature loyal only to me
 
*a powerful magical creature loyal only to me
 
*an all magical city hidden from the No-Maj world
 
*an all magical city hidden from the No-Maj world
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*a magical plant that will cure any illness
 
*a magical plant that will cure any illness
 
|[[File:Ilvermorny sorting-discover.png|250px]]
 
|[[File:Ilvermorny sorting-discover.png|250px]]
 
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|What would you exchange for your heart's desire?
 
|What would you exchange for your heart's desire?
  +
 
*Anything
 
*Anything
 
*That which I can afford to lose
 
*That which I can afford to lose
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*What it is worth
 
*What it is worth
 
|[[File:Ilvermorny sorting-heartsdesire.png|250px]]
 
|[[File:Ilvermorny sorting-heartsdesire.png|250px]]
 
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|All I need is…
 
|All I need is…
  +
 
*an opportunity
 
*an opportunity
 
*a little more time
 
*a little more time
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*already inside me
 
*already inside me
 
|[[File:Ilvermorny sorting-need.png|250px]]
 
|[[File:Ilvermorny sorting-need.png|250px]]
 
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|Whose judgement do you most fear?
 
|Whose judgement do you most fear?
  +
 
*Nobody's
 
*Nobody's
 
*My own
 
*My own
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*History's
 
*History's
 
|[[File:Ilvermorny sorting-judgement.png|250px]]
 
|[[File:Ilvermorny sorting-judgement.png|250px]]
 
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|My greatest weakness is…
 
|My greatest weakness is…
  +
 
*nobody's business but mine
 
*nobody's business but mine
 
*what makes me, me
 
*what makes me, me
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*something I must change
 
*something I must change
 
|[[File:Ilvermorny sorting-weakness.png|250px]]
 
|[[File:Ilvermorny sorting-weakness.png|250px]]
 
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|I often think…
 
|I often think…
  +
 
*why did I do that?
 
*why did I do that?
 
*why can't I do that?
 
*why can't I do that?
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*I wonder whether I should do that
 
*I wonder whether I should do that
 
|[[File:Ilvermorny sorting-oftenthink.png|250px]]
 
|[[File:Ilvermorny sorting-oftenthink.png|250px]]
 
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|Think of the question you would most like answered, by a person or an all-knowing being or device. Which of the following most closely resembles the answer you'd like to hear?
 
|Think of the question you would most like answered, by a person or an all-knowing being or device. Which of the following most closely resembles the answer you'd like to hear?
  +
 
*Without a shadow of a doubt
 
*Without a shadow of a doubt
 
*Never
 
*Never
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*Not for many years
 
*Not for many years
 
|[[File:Ilvermorny sorting-allknowing.png|250px]]
 
|[[File:Ilvermorny sorting-allknowing.png|250px]]
 
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|When will I learn…
 
|When will I learn…
  +
 
*to keep my mouth shut
 
*to keep my mouth shut
 
*to say no
 
*to say no
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*the secret
 
*the secret
 
|[[File:Ilvermorny sorting-learn.png|250px]]
 
|[[File:Ilvermorny sorting-learn.png|250px]]
 
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|Do you prefer to…
 
|Do you prefer to…
  +
 
*remember
 
*remember
 
*experience
 
*experience
 
|[[File:Ilvermorny sorting-prefer.png|250px]]
 
|[[File:Ilvermorny sorting-prefer.png|250px]]
 
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|What jinx would you least like to experience?
 
|What jinx would you least like to experience?
  +
 
*A jinx that meant nothing was funny
 
*A jinx that meant nothing was funny
 
*A jinx that made all food taste like straw
 
*A jinx that made all food taste like straw
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*A jinx that forced you to tell the truth
 
*A jinx that forced you to tell the truth
 
|[[File:Ilvermorny sorting-jinx.png|250px]]
 
|[[File:Ilvermorny sorting-jinx.png|250px]]
 
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|If I could I would never feel…
 
|If I could I would never feel…
  +
 
*pain
 
*pain
 
*fear
 
*fear
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*shame
 
*shame
 
|[[File:Ilvermorny sorting-neverfeel.png|250px]]
 
|[[File:Ilvermorny sorting-neverfeel.png|250px]]
 
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|My best ideas…
 
|My best ideas…
  +
 
*get me in trouble
 
*get me in trouble
 
*aren't appreciated enough
 
*aren't appreciated enough
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*have gone to waste
 
*have gone to waste
 
|[[File:Ilvermorny sorting-bestideas.png|250px]]
 
|[[File:Ilvermorny sorting-bestideas.png|250px]]
 
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|Which is the better motto?
 
|Which is the better motto?
  +
 
*It is nobler to be deceived than to be mistrustful
 
*It is nobler to be deceived than to be mistrustful
 
*Friends should not demand blind faith
 
*Friends should not demand blind faith
 
|[[File:Ilvermorny sorting-motto.png|250px]]
 
|[[File:Ilvermorny sorting-motto.png|250px]]
 
 
|}
 
|}
  +
==Behind the scenes==
 
  +
*The quiz uses illustrations by [[Matt Saunders]].<ref>[http://www.mattsaunders.ink/ilvermorny POTTERMORE 'ILVERMORNY'] - Matt Saunders' official website</ref>
  +
==External links==
  +
*[https://my.pottermore.com/ilvermorny-sorting/ Ilvermorny sorting quiz] on {{PM}}
 
==Notes and references==
 
==Notes and references==
 
{{Reflist}}
 
{{Reflist}}
 
[[Category:Pottermore]]
 
{{stub}}
 

Latest revision as of 10:28, 2 June 2021

The Ilvermorny sorting quiz is an interactive featured added to Pottermore on 28 June 2016. Based on answers to a series of multiple-choice questions users are sorted into one of the four houses of Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry: Thunderbird, Wampus, Horned Serpent, or Pukwudgie.[1]

Questions & choices

What's your preference?
  • Plot
  • Explore
Ilvermorny sorting-preference
Would you rather?
  • Hunt
  • Heal
Ilvermorny sorting-rather
My magic is…
  • inborn
  • in need of work
  • unique
  • powerful
Ilvermorny sorting-magic
I challenge…
  • authority
  • other people's patience
  • convention
  • myself
Ilvermorny sorting-challenge
My beliefs are…
  • hard won
  • who I am
  • constantly evolving
  • few but strong
Ilvermorny sorting-beliefs
I am strongest when...
  • I know I'm right
  • with my comrades
  • enthusiastic
  • awake
  • alone
Ilvermorny sorting-strongest
A soulmate is…
  • out there somewhere
  • an illusion
  • a psychic twin
  • strong where I'm weak, weak where I'm strong
Ilvermorny sorting-soulmate
What would you least like to lose?
  • Reputation
  • Health
  • Luck
  • Dreams
  • Love
  • Hope
Ilvermorny sorting-lose
Where would you least like to find yourself?
  • Imprisoned alone in a silent dungeon
  • Locked in a crowded cage, standing room only
  • In the dock in court, accused of a crime you did not commit
  • On the deck of a ship as the tidal wave comes over the horizon
  • Trapped in the attic as the house burns below you
  • On the rope bridge fraying over the canyon
  • Lost in the forest at night, eyes staring at you through the dark
Ilvermorny sorting-where
I wish I knew how to…
  • forget
  • win
  • escape
  • get through
Ilvermorny sorting-howto
Why?
  • freedom
  • individuality
  • service
  • ambition
Ilvermorny sorting-why
I most value…
  • freedom
  • individuality
  • service
  • ambition
Ilvermorny sorting-value
Which would you choose if you could only have one?
  • The power to change one day in your future
  • The power to change one day in your past
  • The power to make one person impervious to harm
  • The power to bring one person back from the dead
  • The power to cure one illness worldwide
  • The power to eradicate one quality from all humans
  • The power to know the answer to any single question
Ilvermorny sorting-chooseone
I would most like to discover…
  • a powerful magical creature loyal only to me
  • an all magical city hidden from the No-Maj world
  • a spell more powerful than any other
  • a magical plant that will cure any illness
Ilvermorny sorting-discover
What would you exchange for your heart's desire?
  • Anything
  • That which I can afford to lose
  • Blood, sweat and tears
  • What it is worth
Ilvermorny sorting-heartsdesire
All I need is…
  • an opportunity
  • a little more time
  • some help
  • already inside me
Ilvermorny sorting-need
Whose judgement do you most fear?
  • Nobody's
  • My own
  • My friends'
  • My family's
  • The world's
  • History's
Ilvermorny sorting-judgement
My greatest weakness is…
  • nobody's business but mine
  • what makes me, me
  • the source of my greatest strength
  • something I must change
Ilvermorny sorting-weakness
I often think…
  • why did I do that?
  • why can't I do that?
  • I wish I had done that
  • I wonder whether I should do that
Ilvermorny sorting-oftenthink
Think of the question you would most like answered, by a person or an all-knowing being or device. Which of the following most closely resembles the answer you'd like to hear?
  • Without a shadow of a doubt
  • Never
  • Very soon
  • It is impossible
  • Yes
  • I will show you everything
  • Only if you agree
  • If you come with me
  • No, I didn't
  • You are
  • Yes, you may
  • Only once
  • If you want to
  • Forever
  • Not for many years
Ilvermorny sorting-allknowing
When will I learn…
  • to keep my mouth shut
  • to say no
  • to do things on time
  • the secret
Ilvermorny sorting-learn
Do you prefer to…
  • remember
  • experience
Ilvermorny sorting-prefer
What jinx would you least like to experience?
  • A jinx that meant nothing was funny
  • A jinx that made all food taste like straw
  • A jinx that kept you constantly awake
  • A jinx that played music constantly in your head
  • A jinx that struck you dumb
  • A jinx that forced you to tell the truth
Ilvermorny sorting-jinx
If I could I would never feel…
  • pain
  • fear
  • regret
  • shame
Ilvermorny sorting-neverfeel
My best ideas…
  • get me in trouble
  • aren't appreciated enough
  • have changed my life
  • have gone to waste
Ilvermorny sorting-bestideas
Which is the better motto?
  • It is nobler to be deceived than to be mistrustful
  • Friends should not demand blind faith
Ilvermorny sorting-motto

Behind the scenes

External links

Notes and references