Question

If a compasses moved close to a magnet, the compass will always point?
towards the earths north pole
away from the earths south pole
along the magnets field lines
none of the above

Answer 1

along the magnets field lines

Answer 2

So, if the magnet happens to be of lower strength than the earth's field, then the compass would point along the direction of the resultant field of the magnet and the earth. I guess though that the implication here is that it's an iron bar magnet with a correspondingly high ferro magnetic strength. A "permanent" bar magnet in other words.