Afterlife/Clue/Quirrell/Phoenices/Apparation/RedGreen/Ravenclaw/Voice/Ethics

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No: HPFGUIDX 171441

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)" 
<catlady at ...> wrote:
>
> 
> Clara wrote in
> <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/171083>:
> 
> << I think that all the way back in Book 1, JKR was pointing out to
> us that Snape, apparently responsible for the potion bottle test,
> might not actually be the Pure-blood Slytherin everyone thought him
> to be. (Did anyone pick up that clue?) >>
> 
> The clue that the logic puzzle was written on paper rather than
> parchment? I didn't pick it up, but long-ago listies did and argued
> whether it was a JKR mistake or a Snape insult to the contestant,
> calling him/her a Muggle by writing on a Muggle material.
> 

Clara adds:

Well, actually I was referring to the juxtaposition of Hermione´s 
comment about wizards generally not being expert at deciphering 
problems using logic, together with Snape setting a problem using 
logic.  We assume from these two facts ( taking as read that 
Hermione´s statement is correct, and Snape did set the puzzle) that 
Snape is a.) one of those rare wizards who understands logic or b.) 
not a pure-blood wizard.

I think the paper was another clue to the mixed parentage of Snape 
and not a veiled insult nor a mistake. JMHO, logically.

Clara