Go Into the Woods With the Ultimate folklore Lyrics Quiz

The greatest quiz of all time was never made…until now.

I’m your Swiftie English teacher, and I’ve assembled the ultimate test of folklore knowledge just for you.

Will you be the 1 to pass? Or will it turn you into a mad woman?

Follow the invisible string through this tricky folklore lyrics quiz, and see if you can make it through the woods to the lakes.

Will you pass? I guess you never know, never know, until you try.

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folklore Lyrics Quiz

There are three general categories of questions: complete the lyric, fill-in-the-blank, and more general thematic questions that cover common imagery, metaphors, and song connections.

Some of the questions are easy, some are awfully tricky, and some have more than one right answer, so pay close attention.

At the end of the quiz, you’ll be able to see explanations for both right and wrong answers.

Each time you take the quiz, the questions will be different, so if you don’t pass on the first try, give it another shot!

Good luck, and may Taylor be with you!

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Taylor Swift folklore Lyrics Quiz

1. Fill in the blanks:
“A red rose grew up out of ice frozen ground
With no one around to _____ it
While I bathe in cliffside pools
With my _______ love and _______ grief”

See, karmic, endless

snap, heart-stopping, gut-wrenching

Tweet, calamitous, insurmountable

Hear, endless, heart-stopping

2. Fill in the blanks: “I guess you never know, never know

And if you wanted me, you really should've _______

And if you never _____, you're never gonna _______”

showed, see, know

told me, know, grow

called, eat, grow

Showed, bleed, grow

3. Who are the protagonists of The Last Great American Dynasty?

Rebekah, the dog

Rebekah, Taylor

Bill, Rebekah

Taylor, Sarah, Hannah

4. Fill in the blanks: “I can see you starin', honey

Like he's just your _______

Like you'd get your ______ bloody for me”

proxy, heart

understudy, knuckles

arch nemesis, ego

backup, fists

5. How many songs on folklore mention booze, drinking, or being drunk (either literally or metaphorically)?

8

9

7

10

6. Complete the lyrics (pick as many as apply): “I think I've seen this film before...”

So I'm leaving out the side door

And I didn't like the ending

And I didn't like the sequel

So I'm leaving now I know more

7. Fill in the blanks: “Please picture me
In the _______
Before I learned _______
I used to ______
Ferociously”

weeds, civility, scream

trees, to use my feet, dream

creek, to hit my peak, dream

trees, good manners, eat

8. Fill in the blanks:
“Watching you climb
Watching you climb
Over people like me
The master of _______
Has a couple side ______
Good wives always know
She should be mad
Should be ______ like me”

flings, chicks, spitting

PR, chicks, raging

Spin, flings, scathing

lies, pieces, mental

9. Which is the only song on folklore that explicitly mentions folklore or folk music?

seven

mad woman

epiphany

mirrorball

10. Complete the lyrics: “So much for summer love, and saying ‘us’…”

"'cause you went back to school"

"and you were mine to lose"

"'Cause you weren't mine to lose"

"To live for the hope of it all"

11. Complete the lyrics:
“Time
Curious time
Gave me no compasses…”

"No lifelines"

"Gave me no signs"

"no answers"

"no clues"

12. Fill in the blanks: “And I still talk to you

When I'm screaming at _______

And when you can't sleep at night

You hear my _________”

The sky, stolen lullabies

the heavens, broken sighs

God, heartbeat on the high line

the top of my lungs, muffled cries

13. Which song on folklore takes place at a metaphorical funeral?

this is me trying

mad woman

epiphany

my tears ricochet

14. Complete the lyrics: “I was walking home on broken cobblestones
Just thinking of you when she pulled up….”

"Like a figment of your imagination"

"and said, 'get in the car'."

"and I canceled all my plans"

"Like a figment of my worst intentions"

15. Complete the lyrics: “But I would die for you in secret

The devil's in the details…”

"I talk shit with my friends"

"I'd swing with you for the fences"

“But you got a friend in me”

"Your integrity makes me seem small"

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