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A guy invited his friend 伊理戸 to hang out in his room. Unfortunately, he only
wants to study for a test. So the guy thought

> 伊理戸のやつテストばっかしててつまらねー!! 雰囲気で点が取れるとはなんだったのか

I am not quite sure about the meaning of「雰囲気で点が取れるとはなんだったのか」. The translations
said "so much for very little effort" but I can't see where this meaning came
from. I think it means something like "What is the point of getting high marks
from atmosphere"? I don't understand what 雰囲気 means.
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Understanding「雰囲気で点が取れるとはなんだったのか」
The literal translation of 雰囲気で点が取れる is indeed "can get high marks from
atmosphere". Here, 雰囲気で is a slangy phrase that means something like "relying
on one's guessing ability or intuition (rather than knowledge, logic or
experience)". So it's a kind of test where you can guess the correct answers
just by reading the questions carefully and using your common sense. If you
happen to know [空気を読む](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/12790/5010), this
雰囲気で is in the same vein. There is a net meme
[俺たちは雰囲気で～している](https://dic.pixiv.net/a/%E3%81%9C%E3%82%93%E3%81%9C%E3%82%93%E3%82%8F%E3%81%8B%E3%82%89%E3%81%AA%E3%81%84%E4%BF%BA%E3%81%9F%E3%81%A1%E3%81%AF%E9%9B%B0%E5%9B%B2%E6%B0%97%E3%81%A7%E6%A0%AA%E3%82%92%E3%82%84%E3%81%A3%E3%81%A6%E3%81%84%E3%82%8B).
雰囲気で in the title of [this book](https://nextpublishing.jp/book/10979.html) is
the same. 雰囲気で話す人 is someone who says plausible-sounding things that are not
based on logic.

～とは何だったのか means "What was ～?" or "What was the point of (saying) ～?". So since
Irido is studying hard now, this guy is wondering why he said 雰囲気で点が取れる
earlier.
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