Chapter 15 Order of the Phoenix: The Hogwarts High Inquisitor. A Daily Prophet newspaper announces that Dolores Umbridge is the High Inquisitor at Hogwarts following her "immediate success" as a Dark Arts teacher. They have Lucius Malfoy (age 41) praising this.
In Potions, Harry actually does reasonably well with his potion and the students talk about the various grade levels for the OWLs:
O: Outstanding
E: Exceeds Expectations
A: Acceptable
P: Poor
D: Dreadful
T: Troll
In Professor Trelawney's class, Umbridge is there watching them and Trelawney is very nervous. Umbridge harasses her about her talents. Then, in Umbridge's class, Harry speaks up again and gets another week's detention.
Then Umbridge shows up to grade Professor McGonagall's class. Umbridge tries her "hem, hem" interruption and McGonagall puts her in her place quickly. Umbridge then tries to pressure Professor Grubbly-Plank to find out where Hagrid is and learns little.
That night, Harry, Ron and Hermoine discuss simply learning Defense against Dark Arts on their own, since Umbridge isn't going to teach them anything. Harry gets very upset by the idea but finally agrees to think about it.
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