The Harry Potter Obsession Quiz Just how obsessed are you? Click every box to which you answer yes and find out! Have you read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone? Have you read Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets? Have you read Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban? Have you read Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire? Have you read Qudditch Through the Ages? Have you read Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them? Have you read all of the core books more than once? Have you read the books more than five times each? Do you own more than one copy of the books? Do you own them in more than one language? (Note: UK and US versions count) Even though you don't understand the other language? Have you translated them into another language? Have you read any Harry Potter fan fiction? Are you an author of Harry Potter fan fiction? Have you drawn any fan art? Do you visit Harry Potter websites? Do you run a Harry Potter website? When using a virtual sorting hat (on-line or sorting hat keychain), have you ever resorted yourself multiple times in order to get the house you wanted? Are you on any Harry Potter mailing lists? Are you on three or more Harry Potter mailing lists? Does the majority of your e-mail consists of mail from Harry Potter mailing lists? Have you started a Harry Potter mailing list? Have you started more than one? Do you participate in Harry Potter chat rooms? Have you started a Harry Potter chat room? Have you participated in a Harry Potter role-playing game (RPG)? Have you read the books to your unborn child so they'll become addicted at a young age? Are you a shipper? (support Ron/Hermione, Sirius/Remus, etc.) Do you write lengthy commentaries on why one ship is better than another? Do people continually use you as an example of a spokesperson for one particular ship? Have you written fan fiction devoted to one ship? Have you ever dreamt of Harry Potter or anything related to Harry Potter in general? Do you have them on a regular basis? Do you own any Harry Potter related merchandise? (not just the books) Do you own more than ten pieces of Harry Potter merchandise? More than twenty-five? Do you have a Harry Potter calendar or any posters on your walls? Do you own them despite hating the blatant merchandising? Do you own them despite hating the art? Are you upset at the New York Times for creating a separate children's best seller list because of the Harry Potter books? Have you written them about it? Have you ever written to J.K. Rowling? Were you at a bookstore at midnight to get Goblet of Fire when it came out? Did you stay up most of the night reading it? Even though you had to do something the next morning? Do you find one or more of the characters oddly attractive? Do you harass fan fiction authors trying to get them to put the character in leather? Have you spent time doing a timeline to see if you would have been old enough to date a certain character when you were in high school? (for adults: Sirius, Lupin, Snape, Lily, etc.; kids: Draco, Harry, Hermione) Have you talked your friends and/or family into reading the books? Did they become as obsessed as you are? Have any of your friends and/or family suggested therapy to help you overcome your Harry Potter addiction? (jokes count) Did you actually catch the "wand order" mistake in Goblet of Fire (Lily came out of the wand after James) before you heard/read about it? Did you come up with elaborate theories to explain it? Do you consider the correction in later editions to be pathetic? Using clues in the book, have you attempted to find the exact geographical location of Hogwarts or other locations (Durmstrang, Beauxbatons, the Burrow, etc.) mentioned in the books? Do you disagree with certain statements given by J.K. in interviews/chats because they contradict with the evidence you see in the books? (number of students, etc.) Have you written lengthy explanations about why you disagree? Have you constructed a timeline of events in the Harry Potter books? Have you attempted to figure out the exact ages of all the Weasley children? Have you spent time contemplating which main characters will die by the time the series is over? Have you written lengthy explanations about why you think that character will die? Have you been very depressed by that conclusion? Have you named a child and/or pet after a Harry Potter character? Would you if you had one to name? Have you ever been quoted in a news article about Harry Potter? Do you despise attempts to ban Harry Potter in the classroom in 2000 and early 2001? Did/do you participate in groups dedicated to stopping such censorship? Do you call your favorite teacher Lupin? Do you call your least favorite teacher Snape? Have ever spent an afternoon in London searching for the Leaky Cauldron? Ever looked for the Leaky Cauldron, even if you weren't in London? Have you ever had a fantasy where you met J.K. Rowling? Do you go searching pet stores and animal shelters for a black Labrador retriever in the hopes of finding Sirius Black in animagus form? (same goes for a rat) Have you ever gone around King's Cross station bumping into various walls trying to get to Platform 9 3/4? Have you ever spotted a stag and run after it, screaming, "Prongs!"? Did you buy a kids chemistry set in the hopes of becoming a potions master like Snape? Have you played a Harry Potter game? (trading cards, stones, puzzles) Did you try to recreate a Quidditch match (and were there broken bones involved)? Does the thought of a movie terrify you because you're certain they're going to mutilate the book? Did you see the first and second movie opening night anyway and plan to do so forThe Prisoner of Azkaban? In order to understand Lupin better, did you rent tons of werewolf movies? Are you desperately searching for other reading material while waiting for the next book to come out? Did you start learning the art of reading tea leaves in case you ever got the chance to take a class taught by Trelawney? Did you actually put together your own curriculum for a Defense Against Dark Arts class? (after all, they're always looking for new teachers . . .) Do you think the book Exploring Harry Potter by Elizabeth Schafer is contrite because you've already come up with much more elaborate theories of your own? Did you dress up as a character from the books, from a Harry Potter fan fiction, or one of the Harry Potter site-owners for Halloween? Even though you're an adult? Did you learn to knit just so you could make a Weasley sweater? Did you learn about time travel theory just so you could understand the complications that would arise from Hermione's use of the time turner in Prisoner of Azkaban? Do you think that the time travel theory in the book was incorrect, because there would have to be at least one timeline where Harry did not show himself to himself? Have you considered going on (or arranging) a Harry Potter tour to go see all the locations or possible locations of places in the books? Have you ever made or tried to make a lengthy trip in order to be at a location where J. K. Rowling was supposed to be? Have you ever talked to J. K. Rowling? Do you have an autograph from J. K. Rowling? Have you ever bought overpriced Harry Potter merchandise from E-bay or another venue? (books count) Did you discuss the archetypal aspects of Harry's journey with your therapist in order to understand how you can further develop spiritually and emotionally? Do you find yourself relating Harry Potter to other books and/or television series? Do you find yourself relating Harry Potter to real life? Do you write lengthy commentaries about various aspects of the HP books, such as the inconsistencies, mysteries, characterizations, etc.? Did you take this quiz? Did you enjoy taking this quiz? Do you wonder why you wasted your time taking this quiz when you know you're already obsessed? Bonus Points: You think the "Harry Potter Ultimate Website" webmistress is very strange. You have talked to the webmistress. You personally know the webmistress. You are the webmistress! 0% -10% 'Oo ist thees 'Airy Potteh? 11-30% Part time Potter fan. You probably have a real life. 31-60% Heya, Pottie! You're definitely obsessed. 61-89% Very obsessed. Maybe too obsessed. You may be suffering from withdrawl symptoms while waiting for the Sixth book to come out. 90% + Be afraid. Be very afraid.