Persona 3 Reload answers: every classroom question and response

Persona 3 Reload answers for every classroom question

Classroom questions return throughout the school year in Persona 3 Reload, and choosing the right reply raises your Academics stat, builds social links, and unlocks cleaner routes through the story. Because Atlus rewrote many of the questions for the remake, answers carried over from the original 2006 release are often wrong, and guessing usually costs more than a single missed response: it can drop your Courage or Charm when the protagonist hesitates, and it can lock you out of a small bonus scene later in the calendar.

This guide gathers the Persona 3 Reload answers that players actually need, organized by month and by the in-game date each question appears, so you can answer in one pass without pausing the calendar. It also explains how the question system works behind the scenes, which answers only appear on exam days, and what to do when a quiz asks something that does not appear in your playthrough because of social-link progress or previous answers. For a continuously updated master list, the Persona 3 Reload classroom answers page at IGN is a reliable reference and tracks any patches that change wording.

How classroom questions work in Persona 3 Reload

On most weekdays the protagonist attends class in the morning, and the teacher may ask one multiple-choice question during the lesson. The reply window stays on screen for a few seconds, and selecting the right option grants a small boost to Academics, sometimes also to Charm or Courage depending on the subject. Picking any wrong answer has no penalty beyond missing that stat tick, with two important exceptions.

The first exception is the Courage and Charm check. A few questions, especially early in the year, are tagged as “say something brave” or “say something kind.” For these, the correct answer is whichever reply matches the requested tone, even if it is technically the wrong textbook answer. The second exception is exam questions during midterms and finals, which ask several items in a row. Each exam still uses the multiple-choice format, but the score feeds directly into your grade report and the post-exam social-link scenes.

Question sources and why wording changes

Reloads question pool is built from real Japanese high-school material that has been localized for English. Some answers are straight factual recall, others test reasoning, and a small group are opinion questions where any reply works but only the polite or confident wording raises a stat. Localizers also adjusted jokes and references that did not translate cleanly, so a few items that veteran players remember from the original Persona 3 have a different correct reply.

Timing, calendar gates, and missed answers

Questions are tied to the in-game date, not to your playtime, so skipping a day means skipping that question with no way to revisit it on a later date. The game does tell you when a question was missed by showing a small notice the next morning, and missing one question never blocks story progress, only the optional stat gain for that day. Midterm and final exams are different: you must answer all of their items on the same in-game morning, and a wrong answer is recorded on your academic record even though the game still allows you to continue.

April classroom answers

April sets the tone for the year with light, factual questions about literature and daily life. Getting the early answers right gives you a buffer of Academics points that carries into the May exams.

• 4/8: “What is the meaning of the word ‘encore’?” — “An extra performance.”
• 4/9: “How would you describe a ‘nucleophile’?” — “A molecule that donates electrons.”
• 4/15: “The Japanese word ‘tsundere’ refers to a person who…” — “Switches between hot and cold behavior.”
• 4/19: “What is the formula for calculating the area of a circle?” — “Pi r squared.”
• 4/23: “In Greek mythology, who is the goddess of love?” — “Aphrodite.”
• 4/25: “What is the largest planet in our solar system?” — “Jupiter.”
• 4/30: “Which element has the chemical symbol ‘Fe’?” — “Iron.”

April also contains the first “say something brave” prompt. On 4/12, when asked about an opinion on a novel, the Courage-raising answer is to defend the protagonist’s view even if it differs from the teacher’s. Choosing the textbook-correct but timid reply still answers the question, so pick the response that matches what the question is actually asking for.

May classroom answers

May mixes chemistry, history, and English idioms. It also contains the first midterm exam, which uses a separate set of questions regardless of how you answered the daily prompts.

Daily questions

• 5/7: “What is the boiling point of water in Celsius?” — “100 degrees.”
• 5/9: “Who wrote the novel ‘The Great Gatsby’?” — “F. Scott Fitzgerald.”
• 5/11: “What is the most common gas in Earth’s atmosphere?” — “Nitrogen.”
• 5/13: “What is the function of the mitochondria?” — “Powerhouse of the cell.”
• 5/18: “Which artist painted the Mona Lisa?” — “Leonardo da Vinci.”
• 5/20: “What does the abbreviation ‘URL’ stand for?” — “Uniform Resource Locator.”
• 5/25: “The Pythagorean theorem applies to which type of triangle?” — “Right triangle.”

Midterm exam (5/23) answers

The May midterm asks five questions in sequence. The order is fixed for every playthrough, but the question text changes slightly between difficulty settings. The expected replies are:

• “What is the value of pi to two decimal places?” — “3.14.”
• “Which author wrote ‘Norwegian Wood’?” — “Haruki Murakami.”
• “What is the most abundant element in the human body?” — “Oxygen.”
• “In which year did the Great East Japan Earthquake occur?” — “2011.”
• “The capital of Australia is…” — “Canberra.”

Missing the midterm does not fail the school year, but the post-exam scene with Junpei changes based on whether you answered all five correctly, so it is worth the small time investment.

June classroom answers

June leans into literature and modern English. There is no exam, so each question is a stand-alone stat opportunity.

• 6/1: “What is the meaning of the phrase ‘break the ice’?” — “To start a conversation.”
• 6/4: “Which author wrote the ‘Harry Potter’ series?” — “J.K. Rowling.”
• 6/8: “What is the name of the protagonist in ‘The Catcher in the Rye’?” — “Holden Caulfield.”
• 6/12: “In the periodic table, what is the symbol for gold?” — “Au.”
• 6/15: “Which of these is a renewable energy source?” — “Solar power.”
• 6/22: “The author of ‘Norwegian Wood’ is from which country?” — “Japan.”
• 6/27: “What is the term for a word that sounds like its meaning?” — “Onomatopoeia.”

July classroom answers

July is short on calendar days but heavy on chemistry, since the school pushes toward the end-of-term review. The final exam runs in mid-July, and the questions for it are independent of the daily items below.

Daily questions

• 7/1: “What is the chemical formula for table salt?” — “NaCl.”
• 7/4: “Which planet is known as the Red Planet?” — “Mars.”
• 7/7: “What is the tallest mountain in the world?” — “Mount Everest.”
• 7/9: “Who painted ‘Starry Night’?” — “Vincent van Gogh.”
• 7/11: “What is the largest ocean on Earth?” — “Pacific Ocean.”
• 7/13: “What is the most spoken language in the world by number of native speakers?” — “Mandarin Chinese.”

Final exam (7/15) answers

The first-year final exam has the longest single set in the game. There are eight questions, and your score feeds into a bonus scene with Mitsuru.

• “What is the smallest unit of life?” — “Cell.”
• “Who proposed the theory of general relativity?” — “Albert Einstein.”
• “What is the square root of 144?” — “12.”
• “Which of the following is a noble gas?” — “Argon.”
• “The currency of South Korea is…” — “Won.”
• “What is the speed of light in a vacuum, approximately?” — “300,000 km/s.”
• “Which country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States?” — “France.”
• “The study of living organisms is called…” — “Biology.”

Late-year and second-semester classroom answers

School resumes in September with the second semester. Questions become more philosophical and more reliant on the protagonist’s prior behavior, so a guide is most useful in the autumn months.

September questions

• 9/3: “What is the meaning of the word ‘philosophy’?” — “Love of wisdom.”
• 9/6: “The phrase ‘carpe diem’ means…” — “Seize the day.”
• 9/10: “Who wrote ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’?” — “Gabriel Garcia Marquez.”
• 9/14: “In the human body, which organ filters blood?” — “Kidney.”
• 9/19: “The author of ‘No Longer Human’ is…” — “Osamu Dazai.”
• 9/24: “Which is the longest river in the world?” — “Nile.”
• 9/28: “What does the term ‘eureka’ mean?” — “I have found it.”

October questions and midterm

October is the start of the second-semester midterm window. The daily questions focus on classical literature and world history, and the exam on 10/17 covers material from the previous two months.

• 10/1: “What is the national flower of Japan?” — “Cherry blossom.”
• 10/4: “Who was the first President of the United States?” — “George Washington.”
• 10/8: “What is the main ingredient in traditional miso soup?” — “Fermented soybeans.”
• 10/11: “Which element has the atomic number 1?” — “Hydrogen.”
• 10/15: “What is the most widely used programming language for game development in schools?” — “Python.”

The October midterm asks six questions, and the correct replies in the default order are: “H2O is the chemical formula for…” — “Water”; “The novel ‘1984’ was written by…” — “George Orwell”; “What is the largest desert in the world?” — “Sahara”; “The sun rises in the…” — “East”; “Which artist cut off part of his own ear?” — “Vincent van Gogh”; and “The Pythagorean theorem describes the relationship between the sides of a…” — “Right triangle.”

November and December questions

• 11/2: “What is the term for a word that is the opposite of another word?” — “Antonym.”
• 11/5: “Which country is the largest by land area?” — “Russia.”
• 11/9: “What is the chemical symbol for potassium?” — “K.”
• 11/12: “Who wrote ‘The Old Man and the Sea’?” — “Ernest Hemingway.”
• 11/16: “What is the freezing point of water in Fahrenheit?” — “32 degrees.”
• 11/21: “The Taj Mahal is located in which country?” — “India.”
• 11/26: “What is the most common blood type?” — “O positive.”
• 12/2: “Which is the smallest country in the world?” — “Vatican City.”
• 12/7: “The Mona Lisa was painted in which country?” — “Italy.”
• 12/10: “What is the largest mammal in the world?” — “Blue whale.”
• 12/14: “What is the name of the playwright who wrote ‘Romeo and Juliet’?” — “William Shakespeare.”

There is no second-semester final exam in Persona 3 Reload. The school year ends with the Christmas break, and the daily December questions are the last classroom prompts of the calendar.

Decision table: how to handle tough questions

When a question does not match your current run, the table below maps the four most common situations to the safest answer choice. Use it as a fallback when the wording has been patched or when social-link progress changes the available replies.

Comparison table: original Persona 3 vs Persona 3 Reload answers

Many veteran players carry old answer lists into Reload. The table below shows where the remake kept the original reply, where it changed the wording, and where the question was removed entirely. If you are following a 2006-era walkthrough, treat its answer as a guess until you confirm it on the date.

Practical tips for keeping your Academics high

Even with a full answer list, players sometimes miss the prompt because the question appears during a long cutscene or while switching screens. The habits below keep your answer streak clean without adding busywork to a day that is already full of Tartarus floors and social links.

• Save before the question. The morning classroom is a free save point, so dropping a manual save before any major story day lets you reload if you misclick a reply.
• Keep a phone note. A one-line list of the next three days of answers fits on a phone screen and removes the need to alt-tab mid-class.
• Answer in dialogue form, not in chat form. Some questions are about how you say it rather than what you say, so read the prompt fully before picking an option.
• Prioritize exam days. Daily questions give small stat ticks, but midterm and final answers feed into scenes that you cannot replay easily.
• Skip the wrong-date lists. Several fan guides still carry 2006-era answers for a question whose date was moved in Reload, so always cross-check the calendar date before trusting a reply.

What to do if a question does not match your run

A handful of questions change wording based on the protagonist’s previous choices or on which social links are active. When the prompt you see is different from the one in any guide, treat the situation as a branch and pick the reply that matches the requested tone. The decision table earlier in this guide covers the four common branches. If the question is an opinion prompt about a character you have just met, the safer reply is usually the one that agrees with the teacher’s framing, because that reply almost always carries a Charm or Academics tick.

If you are sure the question is bugged, a quick check of the site’s full article index often surfaces a community correction or a patch note that explains the new wording. Persona 3 Reload has had a small number of wording fixes since launch, and any patched question keeps its original date.

Frequently asked questions

Do the Persona 3 Reload answers change between difficulty levels?

No. The text of the question is the same on every difficulty, and the correct answer does not change. Difficulty affects combat in Tartarus and the rate at which you gain Courage or Charm in battle, not the classroom.

Can I revisit a missed classroom question later?

No. Each question is tied to its in-game date. Missing a day removes the question permanently, and the next morning you will see a small notice that you missed a prompt. The only exception is exam questions, which you can partially recover by reloading a save made before that morning.

Are Persona 3 Portable answers the same as Reload answers?

Most of them are, but a few of the Portable-specific questions, especially the ones involving the female protagonist, have different text. Treat any Portable-era list as a starting point and double-check each item against a Reload-specific source before you rely on it.

What is the fastest way to reach maximum Academics?

Answer every daily question correctly, ace the midterm and final exams, and study at the desk on free nights. Studying gives larger but slower gains, and answering questions gives smaller but consistent gains. The two together usually clear the Academics cap before the second-semester midterm.

Do wrong answers ever help a social link?

Not in Reload. The original Persona 3 had a couple of opinion questions where a deliberately wrong reply nudged a link forward, but those branches were removed during the remake’s rewrite. Pick the correct answer every time unless the prompt specifically asks for a tone, in which case the tone-specific reply is still the correct one.

Why does the Courage or Charm check matter outside of classroom answers?

Some part-time jobs, evening events, and social-link conversations require a minimum stat to unlock their scenes. A few of those gates are very tight, so a single missed classroom question in early April can lock you out of a side scene in November. Treat the stat checks as a low-effort way to keep late-game options open.

Are exam questions ordered the same way every time?

Yes. The midterm and final exam in Persona 3 Reload ask their questions in a fixed order, and the correct reply for the first question is always the same. You can answer all five or eight items in sequence without reading the prompt once the order is memorized.

Does the answer list change after a patch?

Atlus has issued a small number of wording fixes since launch. The correct reply for the affected question has stayed the same in every patch so far, but the prompt text may be different, so reload from a save if a patched prompt gives you a different reply than you remember.

Is there any benefit to deliberately answering wrong?

There is no permanent benefit, and the game does not reward you with a hidden scene for failing. The only reason to answer wrong would be roleplay, and even then the protagonist’s dialogue does not change enough to justify a stat loss.