Severus and the DADA exam /James

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 123740


 
> Finwitch:
> 
> I agree - as I myself feel that a test done well usually takes me 
> least amount time to do - Of one I even got full score, it took me 
5 
> minutes to do, but we were still compelled to stay for 15 
minutes...

Potioncat:
Just in case I didn't make my point clear, I don't think the speed 
involved revealed how well either knew the material, or how much 
either cared about the material, but rather different ways of taking 
a test. 

> Finwitch:
> Now lets see, the others -- "Did you like question ten, Moony?" 
> Remus goes out about his name etc. and Wormtail complains about 
> how 'difficult' it was... and knowing what came of him, was 
Wormtail 
> faking the stupidity or mean something other than Sirius figured 
> with the 'difficult'?
> 
> Dunno if Remus *really* wrote to his test all that 'his name is 
> Remus Lupin... I am a werewolf' - business or was he just joking 
> with Sirius...
> 
> So Severus... he was into Dark Arts, as Sirius told Harry long 
> since...
> 
> Hmm.. Was he reading his exam for the grades' sake or just reading 
> question ten over and over, because it had nagged to him about 
> something?

Potioncat:
This jarred my thoughts. (As I'm sure you intended.) Did James 
initially want to distract Severus from re-reading a test that might 
cause him to put two-and-two together about Remus?

Of course, it doesn't excuse what happens next. 

And that jarred my thoughts again.  It's the same sort of tactic 
that the adult Snape uses.