Persona 5 Royal drops classroom questions on you at scripted moments throughout the school year, and getting them wrong doesn't ruin your save, but it does cost you Knowledge stat points you'll want later for confidant unlocks and exam performance. There's no reason to guess when the Persona 5 Royal classroom answers are knowable and consistent across every playthrough, so here's the verified list, organized the way you'll actually encounter them: by date, in chronological order.

Answering correctly boosts Knowledge, one of five social stats that gate confidant progression throughout the game. It's a small system, but it costs nothing to get right once you know the Persona 5 Royal classroom answers ahead of time, so here's the full list, plus how it all fits into your exam performance.

Why Knowledge Matters Beyond the Classroom

Knowledge is one of five social stats (alongside Guts, Kindness, Charm, and Proficiency) that gate confidant progression, and several confidants, Makoto's among them, require a minimum Knowledge level to advance past certain ranks. Knowledge also builds from studying at home and using study sessions at the diner, but classroom answers are free points that cost nothing except knowing the correct response ahead of time. Occasionally the teacher will ask Ann instead of you; answering correctly for her raises her Confidant points and Charm rather than your Knowledge.

April

April 12: Villains April 19: They're the same April 23: All of them April 25 (Helping Ann): You unquestioningly support it / You have a duty to correct it April 27: Four color theorem April 30: Wonder, Child, A prodigy

May

May 6: Fatal woman May 10: The Heian period

First Exam (starts May 11):

• May 11, Q1: Minamoto no Yoshitsune. Q2 (essay): Minamoto no Yoritomo, Yoritomo won, The weak
• May 12, Q1: Cognition. Q2: Both
• May 13, Q1: The Devil's Dictionary. Q2: Femme Fatale

May 16: The placebo effect May 19: Katsushika Hokusai May 21: 1:1.414 May 23: Together, Senses, Senses coming together May 26: Arthur Conan Doyle May 31: John Silver

June

June 4: The halo effect June 7: The number of legs June 8: Controlling public thought June 13: Green June 15: Coins June 20 (Helping Ann): Smartphone June 23: A Pope June 27: Dogs June 29: Gold

July

July 1: Barbarian's Head July 4: Julius and Augustus July 7 (Helping Ann): The Milky Way, Traditional Food, Soumen's Noodles July 9: A triangle July 11: Memories that last a long time, Infinite, Forever July 12: Thievery

Second Exam (starts July 13):

• July 13, Q1: 64 degrees. Q2 (essay): Zhuge Liang, Barbarians' heads, To offer them instead of heads
• July 14, Q1: Red king crab. Q2: It caused confusion in the economy
• July 15, Q1: Raining cats and dogs. Q2: Demon Guts

September

September 3: Prosperity September 6: Chronostasis September 14: Money loans for collateral September 17: Cats eating human tongues September 21: Central Europe September 24: 20 white, 12 black September 28: Phantom, Vibration, Syndrome September 29: Imperial Household Agency

October

October 3: Stars October 6: Joseph-Ignace Guillotin October 11: Bouba

Third Exam (starts October 17):

• October 17, Q1: 32 surfaces. Q2 (essay): It used to be one color, Black and white picture
• October 18, Q1: Charles-Henri Sanson. Q2: It's a hereditary profession
• October 19, Q1: Slave labor. Q2: 3 bees in all of Europe

October 22: 15 October 24: Memory bias

November

November 2: A share of stolen goods November 4: A sword November 8: Any age November 10: Crow eyes are hard to see November 12: Because the voice is synthetic November 14: Because of high altitude November 15: His head was put on display November 17: Cochleoid

December (Final Exam)

Final Exam (starts December 20):

• December 20, Q1: D. Q2 (essay): Over one billion yen, Having his head displayed, Public performance
• December 21, Q1: Hearts. Q2: Attend
• December 22, Q1: Japan. Q2: Dreadnought

January

January 11 (Helping Ann): How numerous they are, The Eight Million Gods January 14: Iwate January 18: Impressive January 21: A snake January 24: Kind-hearted, Negative, Resentful January 27: To friends of friends of friends

How to Top the Class

Getting the highest exam rank requires two things working together: answering every exam question correctly, and having a maxed Knowledge stat. The second requirement is the catch: it's mathematically impossible to max Knowledge in time for your first exam in May, even studying every available free-time block. If you want to top the class on every exam using nothing but the Persona 5 Royal classroom answers above, you'll need to carry a maxed Knowledge stat into New Game Plus.

For a first playthrough, don't stress over topping the class. Answering correctly still raises your Knowledge and Charm meaningfully, and Sojiro rewards good exam performance with accessories back at Leblanc regardless of whether you placed first.

Tips for Managing Classroom Answers as You Play

Missing one isn't a disaster. A wrong answer costs a small amount of Knowledge progress, not a locked confidant. Don't let a missed classroom scene stress you out mid-playthrough.

Studying at home stacks with classroom answers. If you're behind on Knowledge for a specific confidant rank, use study sessions (your desk at night, or the diner) rather than trying to replay a lecture scene, which isn't possible anyway.

The Thieves Den can help live. If you're playing with online features enabled, the Thieves Guild feature shows what percentage of other players chose each answer, and the majority answer is reliably correct if you'd rather crowd-source than memorize the full list of Persona 5 Royal classroom answers yourself.

The Takeaway

Persona 5 Royal classroom answers are a small system in a genuinely massive game, but they're free Knowledge points sitting in plain sight on scripted dates throughout the school year. Keep this list handy, especially around exam periods in May, July, October, and December when the stakes for Knowledge and Charm are highest, and let the rest of your Persona 5 Royal playthrough go entirely off script.

The Metaverse doesn't care how you did in school. Makoto's confidant rank might.