Under Douglas's cold stare,
the students finally suppressed their excitement, held back their delight, and quieted down.
Douglas handed out the parchment test papers and said,
"We'll spend twenty minutes of this lesson going over the test, then use the remaining time to learn something new."
Once he saw that the students had their papers, Douglas walked slowly around the classroom with a copy in hand.
"Question one...
This one was free marks, so I won't waste time explaining it!
Anyone who got this wrong, copy it out ten times on your own."
A student beside the wall silently buried their head in their test paper.
"Let's look at question two.
Hmm... this question.
A goes without saying. One glance tells you it's wrong.
B and C are even less likely, and only a Troll would choose E.
So the correct answer is D..."
"Question three was too easy. There's no need to explain it."
"Question four. Did anyone not understand it? If not, we'll move on..."
Douglas saw that most of the students below looked utterly bewildered.
He immediately raised his voice a little.
"What? Did you think I'd explain every single question in detail?
Or did you think that once you finished the test last week, it was all over?
You had an entire week. Did it never occur to you to find the answers yourselves?
Without a teacher pushing you, you don't know how to study?
You're studying for yourselves, not for me..."
The students below trembled...
Douglas angrily pointed to a question and said,
"Look at the answers you gave me.
'The Stinging Jinx is a type of curse that can be used to sting a victim's skin, producing a burn-like mark and causing swelling.'
You were asked whether that was true or false.
How many