WOMBAT Grade 1: Magical Law

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This is the 1st of 4 discussion posts on the Wizards' 
Ordinary Magic and Basic Aptitude Test (WOMBAT), GRADE 1, 
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Magical Law 

Which Ministry of Magic department(s) and/or committee(s) 
would you contact to resolve each of the following 
dilemmas?

1. Your neighbour is concealing a stash of flying carpets, 
some of which he is allowing to fly loose around his back 
garden.

a. Wizengamot 
b. Department of International Magical Cooperation 
c. Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office 
d. Obliviators 
e. All of the Above 
f. None of the Above 
         
2. Your friend C possesses a Muggle Penny Farthing (old 
bicycle) that has been enchanted to skim an inch above 
the ground, achieving speeds of over 100mph. C did not 
personally enchant the Penny Farthing, never rides it 
and merely wishes to keep it ‘for sentimental reasons’ 
as it was her grandmother’s. 

a. Department of Magical Transport 
b. Improper Use of Magic Office 
c. Obliviators 
d. Misuse of Muggle Artefacts Office 
e. Committee on Experimental Charms 
f. None of the above 

3. Your sixteen year old nephew, D, has hexed his seventeen-
year-old sister, E. E has retaliated with a Stunning Spell 
that missed D and hit a Muggle motorist, who smashed into a 
lamppost. 

a. Department of Magical Accidents & Catastrophes 
b. Department of Magical Accidents & Catastrophes and 
Obliviator Squad 
c. Department of Magical Accidents & Catastrophes, 
Obliviator Squad and Improper Use of Magic Office 
d. Department of Magical Accidents & Catastrophes, 
Obliviator Squad, Improper Use of Magic Office and 
Wizengamot

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4. Your Friends wizard A and wizard B are in dispute over 
which of them owns a field in which Mooncalfs dance 
periodically. A accuses B of using nightly a Summoning 
Charm to collect the precious Mooncalf dung which is 
rightfully A's. 

a. Improper use of Magic Office 
b. Wizengamot 
c. Pest Advisory Board 
d. Improper Use of Magic Office and Wizengamot 
e. Improper Use of Magic Office and Pest Advisory Board 
f. Wizengamot and Pest Advisory Board 
         
5. Witch F fed love potion to a Muggle man, who has 
married her. When you went around with a wedding gift you 
discovered that she is using him as an occasional table. 

a. Auror office 
b. Misuse of Magic Office 
c. Obliviators 
d. Wizengamot 
e. All of the above 
f. None of the above 
        
6. Which of the following should be most SEVERELY 
punished by the Wizengamot? 

a. The injury of three Muggles due to a poorly performed 
Forgetfulness Charm 
b. The death of a chicken due to a poorly aimed Bat-
Bogey Hex 
c. The use of the Cruciatus curse on a shark about to 
attack a Muggle 
d. The use of the Imperious curse on a Muggle mugger 

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7. Which of the following should receive the LIGHTEST 
punishment from the Wizengamot? 

a. Horns created accidentally on a culprit's mother, 
caused by broken wand 
b. Jellylegs Jinx performed on threatening Muggle 
c. Breeding fanged Puffskeins 
d. Underage witch performs Cleaning Charms in privacy of 
own home 

8. Which of the following does NOT require a Ministry of 
Magic license? 

a. Crup ownership 
b. Sale of magical artefacts 
c. House-elf ownership 
d. Apparition 
         
9. Which of the following wizarding laws, in your view, 
stands in most urgent need of change? 

a. The detection of underage magic in all-magic households 
(currently impossible) 
b. The ban on goblin possession of wands 
(ought to be lifted) 
c. The re-classification of centaurs and merpeople 
(ought to take their views into account) 
d. The guidelines on house-elf welfare 
(need to be enforced) 
e. Definitions of ‘Muggle-baiting’ 
(needs to be made less stringent) 

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