Exams in different subjects were generally similar.
Candidates had to complete a series of questions carefully selected by the school within a specified time, then, after handing in their papers, gather in small groups to anxiously compare answers and estimate their scores.
Top students who usually excelled often regretted missing one or two minor questions and cried, "I did terribly this time!" "I'm definitely going to fail!" Meanwhile, students with mediocre grades would hear the top students' sighs and mistakenly think, "Maybe the exam was hard this time, and everyone did badly."
In short, much like Zheng Qing's exam experience before university, the young wizards of the Magic World did not have an easier time during final exams just because they knew a few spells.
Of course, there were differences as well.
For instance, during the Divination exam, students were allowed to bring their assorted "keys" into the examination room. Moreover, the practical and theoretical portions of the Divination exam were combined, running from ten in the morning until three in the afternoon without a break.
Then there was the Talisman Class exam. Aside from requiring students to write out Basic Talismans from memory, it also tested the effects of different talisman combinations, different Talisman Cores, methods of drawing talisman feet, and so on.
There was also Practical Magic. It was the only exam without a theoretical component, consisting entirely of practical content. It had been scheduled for Friday of the nineteenth week, the final exam of that week and, in a sense, the first of the practical exams.
"I think that after the Practical Magic exam, at least half the students will need to visit the School Hospital for a checkup... Even if nothing's wrong, they'll still have to make a trip there." Fatty Xin stood beside Zheng Qing,