1
1. How does the beginning of the song refer to the person being honored?
- A) England’s Rose (0:12)
- B) Sweet Marilyn
- C) Lady of the River
- D) Golden Flower
2. According to the lyrics, where will she ever grow?
- A) In the royal gardens
- B) In our hearts (0:12)
- C) In the blue sky
- D) In history books
3. What was she to the lives that were torn apart?
- A) A quick fix
- B) A memory of the past
- C) The grace that placed itself there (0:12)
- D) A voice on the radio
4. Who did she whisper to when they were suffering?
- A) The children of the world
- B) Those in pain (0:23)
- C) Political leaders
- D) Soldiers in combat
5. Where do the stars spell out her name now?
- A) On the full moon
- B) In the night sky
- C) Now that she belongs to heaven (0:23)
- D) On the distant horizon
6. What is the way she lived her life compared to in the main chorus?
- A) A flame in a campfire
- B) A Candle in the Wind (0:37)
- C) A shooting star
- D) A lighthouse on the coast
7. When is it mentioned that this “candle” was never fading?
- A) With the sunrise
- B) At noon
- C) With the sunset when the rain set in (0:48)
- D) During winter storms
8. Where will her footsteps always fall according to the song?
- A) In the streets of London
- B) Along England’s greenest hills (0:48)
- C) On the southern beaches
- D) In the palace corridors
9. What burned out long before her legend ever will?
- A) Her physical beauty
- B) Her desire to travel
- C) Your candle (1:03)
- D) Her voice in the world
10. What is it that has been lost in these empty days according to the second verse?
- A) Money and power
- B) Loveliness (1:03)
- C) Music on the radio
- D) Peace in the nation
11. What object does the narrator say they will always carry for the nation’s golden child?
- A) A national flag
- B) A wreath of roses
- C) This torch (1:32)
- D) A gold medal
12. Even though we try, what does the truth bring us to?
- A) Tears (1:32)
- B) Joy
- C) Anger
- D) Silence
13. What is it that all of our words together cannot express?
- A) The pain of her departure
- B) The price of her crown
- C) The joy she brought through the years (1:48)
- D) The secret of her life
14. How does the song describe the country in the latter part?
- A) A strong and proud nation
- B) A country lost without your soul (2:52)
- C) A kingdom full of riches
- D) A land looking to the future
15. What aspect of her will be missed more than she will ever know?
- A) Her dresses and elegance
- B) Her public speeches
- C) The wings of your compassion (2:52)
- D) Her phone calls
2
1. What does the narrator feel when the song begins and he thinks about a time gone by?
- A) Anger and regret
- B) Time passing by and a feeling of comfort
- C) A sense of reassurance as he takes your hand
- D) Loneliness in a crowded room
2. What music plays that brings back memories as the narrator looks into your eyes?
- A) A sad violin solo
- B) A guitar melody
- C) A silver screen movie track
- D) A loud jazz performance
3. Which phrase is famously repeated to describe the narrator’s regret about dancing?
- A) “I should have danced with you”
- B) “I’m never gonna dance again”
- C) “We can dance the night away”
- D) “I love to dance like this”
4. Why are the narrator’s feet not dancing the way they used to?
- A) Because he is too tired to stand
- B) Because guilty feet have got no rhythm
- C) Because the music is too slow
- D) Because the floor is too crowded
5. Though it’s easy to pretend, what does the narrator know?
- A) You are not a fool
- B) The relationship is completely over
- C) Tomorrow will be much better
- D) Nobody cares about the truth
6. What should the narrator have known better than to do?
- A) To leave the city tonight
- B) To cheat a friend and waste the chance
- C) To call your phone so late
- D) To lie about his true identity
7. What did the narrator waste when he ruined this relationship?
- A) All of his hard-earned money
- B) The chance that he’d been given
- C) A beautiful summer afternoon
- D) His friends’ respect and trust
8. How does the narrator describe the way he’s going to dance with somebody else?
- A) “I’m never gonna dance the way I danced with you”
- B) “I will find someone who dances better”
- C) “I will dance until the morning light comes”
- D) “I never want to dance with anyone again”
9. What has time done to the careless whispers of a good friend?
- A) Erased them completely
- B) Turned them into loud shouts
- C) Time can never mend them
- D) Made them sound like sweet music
10. To the heart and mind, what is ignorance according to the song context?
- A) A wonderful blessing
- B) There’s no comfort in the truth, pain is all you’ll find
- C) A temporary state of confusion
- D) The best way to move forward
11. What is the only thing you will find if you look for the truth?
- A) Peace and quiet
- B) Pain is all you’ll find
- C) A fresh new beginning
- D) Answers to your questions
12. How does the narrator describe the crowd or the setting when they are together?
- A) An empty highway under the rain
- B) Tonight the music seems so loud, I wish that we could lose this crowd
- C) A quiet restaurant in the city center
- D) A lonely beach during the winter season
13. What does the narrator wish they could do to avoid the noise and people?
- A) Leave through the back door
- B) Turn off the lights completely
- C) Lose this crowd
- D) Ask the DJ to change the track
14. What could have been better than the hurts we show, according to the lyrics?
- A) Saying goodbye and walking away
- B) We could have been so good together, we could have lived this dance forever
- C) Keeping our secrets locked inside
- D) Pretending that we never met at all
15. Who is now left to lead the narrator as the song comes to a close?
- A) His closest childhood friends
- B) Nobody, now who’s gonna dance with me?
- C) A brand new romantic partner
- D) The rhythm of the loud music
3
1. Which two natural elements are mentioned in the very first line of the song? (0:47)
- A) The sea and the wind
- B) Sunrise and rain
- C) Mountains and rivers
- D) The sun and the clouds
2. What does the narrator ask about past promises? (0:47)
- A) What about all the things that you said we were to gain?
- B) When will we start over again?
- C) Why did the earth stop spinning?
- D) Where did all the green fields go?
3. What does the artist ask us to stop and notice regarding human violence? (0:47)
- A) The money spent on battles
- B) All the blood we shed before
- C) The cities left in ruins
- D) The treaties that were signed
4. How is the current state of the Earth described in the chorus? (1:17)
- A) As a dry land with no water
- B) As a crying Earth and a weeping shore
- C) As an abandoned planet in space
- D) As a forest completely burned down
5. What direct question does the singer ask humanity after reflecting on the damage? (1:17)
- A) When will the winter end?
- B) What have we done to the world? Look what we’ve done.
- C) Who is to blame for all of this?
- D) Where will we look for a new home?
6. Which celestial body is mentioned when talking about the peace that was promised? (1:58)
- A) The full moon
- B) The distant stars
- C) The sun
- D) The blue sky
7. What type of natural fields or areas does the narrator ask about with nostalgia? (1:58)
- A) Flowering fields
- B) Arid deserts
- C) Tropical rainforests
- D) Snowy mountains
8. What terrible consequence of war does he urgently plead for us to notice? (2:11)
- A) The material losses of nations
- B) All the children dead from war
- C) The ships sunk in the ocean
- D) The borders that changed places
9. What did the narrator use to do in the past before losing his way? (3:05)
- A) Travel across the entire planet
- B) Sing songs of pure joy
- C) Dream and glance beyond the stars
- D) Write stories about the future
10. How does the narrator feel about our current location or destiny? (3:05)
- A) He knows exactly where we are heading
- B) Now he doesn’t know where we are
- C) He feels we are returning to the beginning
- D) He believes we are in a much better place
11. During the intense final climax, who does the narrator ask about regarding their suffering due to hunting and destruction? (4:30)
- A) Medicinal plants
- B) Nature and animals (like the whale and elephant)
- C) Ancient tribes
- D) The trees of the forest
12. What desperate question does the chorus repeat multiple times toward the end? (3:58)
- A) When will the rain come?
- B) What about us?
- C) Who will save us now?
- D) Why is no one listening?
13. What do the lyrics ask for someone to explain to the world? (5:26)
- A) Someone tell me why
- B) How to clean up the oceans
- C) How much wealth is left in the earth
- D) Where the sun hides at night
14. What has happened to the lands or fields that gave us life? (4:30)
- A) They have been turned into cities
- B) What about nature’s fields? (Turned to burnt or broken land)
- C) They are completely flooded
- D) They have been sold for profit
15. What is the core message or plea of the entire song? (1:17)
- A) To encourage space exploration
- B) To bring awareness to environmental destruction and war
- C) To celebrate man’s technological advances
- D) To remember the history of ancient civilizations
4
1. What is the central message that the narrator keeps repeating in the chorus?
- A) They want to help us change the world.
- B) All I want to say is that they don’t really care about us (0:54).
- C) Everybody needs a place to go tonight.
- D) Tomorrow will be better for all of us.
2. What does the narrator say his opponents can never do, even if they hate him?
- A) They can never change his mind.
- B) They can never break me or kill me (1:02).
- C) They can never take his money away.
- D) They can never make him stop singing.
3. Complete the lyrics: “Skin head, dead head, everybody gone bad, situation, aggravation…” What word follows?
- A) Celebration
- B) Segregation
- C) Allegation
- D) Navigation
4. How does the narrator describe his status in relation to the system or the law?
- A) As a protected citizen
- B) As a victim of police brutality
- C) As a leader of the political movement
- D) As a wealthy businessman
5. What famous historical figure does Michael Jackson call out to for help in the lyrics?
- A) Abraham Lincoln
- B) Martin Luther King
- C) Roosevelt
- D) George Washington
6. What does the narrator say he is tired of being a victim of?
- A) The cold weather
- B) Bad luck and poor choices
- C) Shame and isolation
- D) Prejudice and hate crimes
7. According to the lyrics, what is the government or system doing instead of helping?
- A) Providing free education
- B) Ignoring the cries of the people
- C) Rebuilding the entire city
- D) Sharing its wealth equally
8. What does the speaker mean when he says, “I have a wife and two children who love me”?
- A) He wants to move to another country.
- B) He is just an ordinary family man facing injustice (1:13).
- C) He is too busy to care about politics.
- D) He wants to start a family business.
9. Complete the line from the song: “Tell me what has become of my…”
- A) Golden fortune
- B) Childhood dreams
- C) Rights
- D) Old friends
10. What does the narrator say about the truth in the song?
- A) The truth is always easy to find.
- B) They just don’t want to see it or face it (3:23).
- C) The truth does not matter anymore.
- D) Everyone knows the truth by now.
11. What is the overall tone of the vocals and the message in this track?
- A) Calm, relaxing, and peaceful
- B) Aggressive, protesting, and urgent
- C) Cheerful, happy, and celebrating
- D) Slow, melancholic, and romantic
12. Where does the narrator say he came from in the lyrics?
- A) A wealthy royal family
- B) The sky above the earth
- C) The streets or the place where he belongs (2:01)
- D) A completely different country
13. What historical struggle or division does the song explicitly mention?
- A) Black or white issues and racial tension (1:53)
- B) The discovery of new lands
- C) The industrial revolution
- D) Ancient medieval wars
14. What does the narrator ask the listener to do regarding the dynamic of oppression?
- A) Just ignore it and look away
- B) Don’t let them step on your rights or abuse you
- C) Follow all the rules blindly
- D) Wait for someone else to fix it
15. In which album was this iconic song originally released by Michael Jackson?
- A) Thriller
- B) Bad
- C) Off the Wall
- D) HIStory: Past, Present and Future [1]
KEYS
🕯️ Candle in the Wind
- 1. A
- 2. B
- 3. C
- 4. B
- 5. C
- 6. B
- 7. C
- 8. B
- 9. C
- 10. B
- 11. C
- 12. A
- 13. C
- 14. B
- 15. C
🎷 Careless Whisper
- 1. C
- 2. C
- 3. B
- 4. B
- 5. A
- 6. B
- 7. B
- 8. A
- 9. C
- 10. B
- 11. B
- 12. B
- 13. C
- 14. B
- 15. B
🌍 Earth Song
- 1. B
- 2. A
- 3. B
- 4. B
- 5. B
- 6. C
- 7. A
- 8. B
- 9. C
- 10. B
- 11. B
- 12. B
- 13. A
- 14. B
- 15. B
✊ They Don’t Care About Us
- 1. B
- 2. B
- 3. B
- 4. B
- 5. B
- 6. D
- 7. B
- 8. B
- 9. C
- 10. B
- 11. B
- 12. C
- 13. A
- 14. B
- 15. D