Exams and correct answers in Persona 5
Last update: 17 May 2017
You will come across quite difficult questions at school.
Persona 5 takes a quite realistic approach to attending classes. Not only do you have to prepare for the exams but also the questions are difficult and based on real-world knowledge. When the teacher asks you a question, you can always use the touchpad button to check the answers of other players. The most commonly chosen answer is usually the correct one. Below, you can find a list of all questions and answers.
- Semester 1 - Questions in the classroom
- Semester 1 - Exams
- Semester 2 - Questions in the classroom
- Semester 2 - Exams
- Semester 3 - Questions in the classroom
- Semester 3 - Exams
- Semester 4 - Questions in the classroom
- Semester 4 - Exams
Semester 1 - Questions in the classroom
Date | Question | The correct answer |
4/12 | A soul is composed of appetite, spirit, and what else? | Logic |
4/19 | Is the line extending from A connected to B or C? Which is it? | Line C |
4/23 | What event did Emperor Nero add to the Olympics so he could participate? | Singing |
4/25 | What's the common usage of kakushinhan again, regarding an action you take? Knowing your actions are wrong.
| Conviction that you're right. |
4/27 | How many colors does it take to paint every region without any two adjacent ones being the same color? | Four |
4/30 | Question about Wunder, Kind, wunderkind | Wonder, Child, A Prodigy |
5/7 | What do people generally call a woman who has a charm that sometimes leads men to their doom? | Femme Fatale |
5/10 | Who do you think is the origin of the term "magistrate's patronage"? | Minamoto no Yoshitsune |
Semester 1 - Exams
Date | Question | The correct answer |
5/11 | Although the line connects A to C it looks like it leads to B instead. What is this phenomenon called? | An optical illusion |
If how they're seeing things is different, it probably has to do with this sort of information... | Visual information | |
What takes the visual information from your eyes and processes it? | The brain | |
The brain processes visual information. So, the reason why people see things differently is... | they have different cognitions. | |
5/12 | Which of the following expressions came from the name of the position that Minamoto no Yoshitsune held? | magistrate's patronage |
What is the origin of the English word "talent"? | the name of a sum of currency. | |
5/13 | What did the Greek philosopher Socrates say that evil is born from? | ignorance |
What's the least number of colors needed to paint Japan so no two adjacent areas are the same color? | Four |
Semester 2 - Questions in the classroom
Date | Question | The correct answer |
5/16 | Do you know who created the piece which sold for the highest price back in the 20th century? | Van Gogh |
5/21 | What is the name of this ratio that Japanese architects and artists have liked using? | the silver ratio |
5/23 | The root words of synesthesia are "syn" and "aisthesis". What do they mean? | "together" and senses" |
5/26 | What was the name of the other famous novel that Sherlock Holmes appeared in? | "Arsene Lupin, Gentleman Burglar." |
5/30 | Who was the pirate who said that he hid his treasure in a certain place just before he was executed? | William Kidd |
6/4 | The original blazers were named that thanks to a certain quality they had. Any idea what it was? | they were brightly colored. |
6/7 | What are red king crabs most biologically related to? | hermit crabs |
6/8 | With the advent of the color TV, something else started to appear in color. Do you know what it is? | dreams |
6/11 | Can you imagine how much gold has been excavated by humanity over the course of history? | Three Olympic-sized pools |
6/13 | Paper money is issued by the Bank of Japan, but who issues the coins? | the government |
6/15 | What would happen if you kept washing your hair with water that was contaminated with metal? | it'll change color |
6/23 | Who is this woman, drawn as the High Priestess in most tarot decks? | Pope Joan |
6/27 | In English, what does the term "cat-and-dog" weather refer to? | heavy rain |
6/29 | This character is the cursive form of a specific Kanji. Do you know which one it is? | gold |
7/1 | But do you know what Chinese dish Zhuge Liang is credited for inventing? | baozi |
7/4 | Do you know the reason why July and August both have thirty-one days? | Someone pretentious said so |
7/7 | What is the traditional food of Tanabata? | Soumen |
7/8 | What's a common trait of almost all shaved-ice syrups on the market? | They all have the same flavor |
7/9 | What is the sum of angles A through E? | 180 degrees |
7/11 | What is the name of the light-producing substance in fireflies? | Luciferin |
7/12 | What was the name of the gentleman thief whose family was boiled alive during the Sengoku period? | Ishikawa Goemon |
Semester 2 - Exams
Date | Question | The correct answer |
7/13 | Which of these phrases has its origins in this shogi piece? | nouveau riche |
Goemon was popular because he wasn't just a thief, he was a... | gentleman thief | |
And the person in power who had it in for Goemon was... | Toyotomi Hideyoshi | |
And, Goemon's death after he got captured by Hideyoshi is famous too... | he was boiled alive | |
7/14 | Which of the following statements are true of this organism? | it's not related to crabs |
What is said to be the reason why people began dreaming in color? | television | |
7/15 | Which one of these was made using the silver ratio? | B4-size paper |
Define "syn" and "aisthesis", the Greek root words of "synesthesia. | "together" |
Semester 3 - Questions in the classroom
Date | Question | The correct answer |
9/3 | In this famous statue, he's holding a spear in his left hand, but what in his right hand? | nothing |
9/6 | What is the name of this phenomenon where the second hand looks like it stops moving? | chronostasis |
9/7 | We have a saying in Japanese: a skilled hawk hides its talons. What hides its claws in English? | A cat |
9/21 | The word "robot" didn't come from English. So, what country did it come from? | Czechoslovakia |
9/24 | Do you know why they chose black and white? | so it shows up well on TV |
9/28 | So "PVS" refers to when you mistakenly think your phone is going off. What's the 'P'? That means it'd be "phantom..." what? o if we have "phantom vibration" so far... | Phantom, vibration, syndrome |
9/29 | Not all civil servants work in government offices. Which one of these occupations is a civil one? | fishermen of Nagaragawa |
10/6 | This device made mass executions possible. You know what it's called, yes? | a guillotine |
10/11 | Which do you think most people chose to name 'Kiki'? | A |
Semester 3 - Exams
Date | Question | The correct answer |
10/17 | What is the origin of the word "guillotine"? | name of the one who proposed it |
First of all, who proposed the idea of a guillotine? | a doctor | |
So, from his perspective, what was the advantage of the guillotine? | it could execute people quickly | |
10/18 | Which of the following statements about this ball is true? | it has thirty two faces |
What is the meaning of the word "robota", that is the Czech word that is the root word or "robot"? | slave labor | |
10/19 | What is the English name for the phenomenon where it feels like your cell phone is vibrating? | phantom vibration syndrome |
Which of the following government organizations do the cormorant fisher of Nagaragawa belong to? | the Imperial Household Agency |
Semester 4 - Questions in the classroom
Date | Question | The correct answer |
10/22 | What number should be in the middle of this square to make it a magic square? | five |
10/24 | Can you tell me what the S in 'SOS' means? | it's meaningless |
11/2 | The word "whack" was also used in a coded language from history. What was that language? | thieves' can't |
11/4 | Clubs is a club, diamonds is a gem, spades is a sword... So, what is hearts? | the Holy Grail |
11/8 | Do you know what age you have to be to listen in on a trial? | zero |
11/10 | Do you know what the line that's in "bird" but not in "crow" represents? | An eye |
11/12 | Do you know why hearing someone's voice over the phone sounds different than their real voice? | it's heavily processed |
11/15 | When he was executed, something was done to his appearance. Do you know what it was? | they put makeup on him |
11/17 | Which of these is called a cochleold, after its resemblance to a snail? | B |
11/18 | At which of these locations can you see the sunrise the earliest? | the summit of Mount Fuji. |
Semester 4 - Exams
Date | Question | The correct answer |
12/20 | Which one of the following is called the Devil's Curve? | D |
I think they said the voice you hear through the phone is... | not their real voice | |
But why does the listener think the synthetic voice is the real person? | they speak the same. | |
Even if the voice is different, as long as they talk the same, the listener will subconsciously... | supplement the voice | |
12/21 | Which suit of cards represents the Holy Grail? | hearts |
Which one of the following is not true about the kanji for "crow"? | it includes a number | |
12/22 | Which country refers to a person who controls politics behind the scenes as a "prime minister in black"? | Japan |
What English word did the initial "do" in the Japanese "dokyuu", or massive, originate from? | dreadnought |