I screwed up in the test, but taking a second look, this is what I think the marks were looking for:
1. The first investigation creates no current (circuit not complete). Therefore, no magnetic field. Oesterd's law states that current (not EMF) generates magnetic field. Nothing happens.
2. The change in flux in second inv causes EMF to be generated in solenoid. But circuit is complete. Therefore, it becomes an electromagnet, with north pole adjacent to north pole of magnet, thus opposing the change in flux.
3. The solenoid is repelled to left, as it is free to move in a pendulum motion.
4. As the solenoid moves back due to gravity, change in flux occurs again, as a north pole is created again adjacent to the magnet. Considering the question emphasises that the magnet is strong, it is able to repel it again, such that it swings left and back, left and back, like a half-pendular
motion.
I didnt say 4... I only said it would be repelled. Meh.