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: “But I'm a fire and I'll keep your _____ heart warm

If your _____ ocean wave blues come”

fragile, hurricane

Brittle, cascade

broken, tsunami

open, depression

2. Fill in the blanks: “_______ smile, ______ lipstick, ________politics,

When you are young, they assume you know nothing”

see your, black, secular

see-through, red, temptation

faking, red, complicated

Sequin, black, sensual

3. Which songs on folklore mention a cardigan?

the 1

cardigan

betty

august

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

my tears ricochet

mad woman

epiphany

this is me trying

5. Fill in the blanks:
“Something wrapped all of my past ______ in barbed wire
________ around my demons
_______ to brave the seasons”

Mistakes, chains, wool

lovers, ropes, coats

blunders, danced, fire

mistakes, locks, tools

6. Complete the lyrics: “But I knew you'd linger like a tattoo kiss…”

“I knew you'd haunt all of my what-ifs”

"I knew I'd curse you for the longest time"

"The smell of smoke would hang around this long"

"'Cause I knew everything when I was young"

7. Complete the lyrics: “It's hard to be anywhere these days

When all I want is you

You're a flashback in a film reel…”

“I think I’ve seen this film before”

“On the one screen in my town”

“you know the greatest films of all time were never made”

"and I didn't like the ending"

8. Complete the lyrics: “You are not like the regulars

The masquerade revelers…”

"Hush, when no one is around, my dear"

"But I'm still on my tallest tiptoes"

"Drunk as they watch my shattered edges glisten"

"And they called off the circus"

9. Which song on folklore uses a circus metaphor?

the lakes

mirrorball

invisible string

illicit affairs

10. Fill in the blanks:
“My ______ knife
My ______ night
My _______ fight
This has frozen my ground”

only, longest, forever

sharpest, starry, endless

Twisted, sleepless, winless

double-edged, endless, winless

11. Which song on folklore describes a historic war?

the lakes

epiphany

my tears ricochet

the 1

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

So I'm leaving now I know more

And I didn't like the sequel

And I didn't like the ending

So I'm leaving out the side door

13. Which song on folklore describes Taylor’s precarious position in the celebrity and entertainment world?

mad woman

hoax

the lakes

mirrorball

14. 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”

PR, chicks, raging

lies, pieces, mental

flings, chicks, spitting

Spin, flings, scathing

15. Fill in the blanks: “And you wanna scream

Don't call me '______'

Don't call me '_____'"

baby, again

mine, yours

again, baby

Kid, baby

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