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Leonard Cohen's Masterpieces Trivia Quiz

Leonard Cohen was, is and will be one of the best singers and songwriters of all time. Can you identify some of his masterpieces given one or two lines from each? The quotes are from the album "Leonard Cohen's Greatest Hits", 1971.

A multiple-choice quiz by DeepHistory. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
DeepHistory

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
363,828

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. "The frontiers are my prison." From which song is it? Hint

Bird on the Wire

Famous Blue Raincoat

Night Comes On

The Partisan

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Question 2 of 10

2. "And Jesus was a sailor, when he walked upon the water..." From which song is it? Hint

Last Year's Man

So Long, Marianne

Suzanne

Sisters of Mercy

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Question 3 of 10

3. "I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch, he said to me "you must not ask for more." From which song is it? Hint

Bird On The Wire

Heart With No Companion

Lady Midnight

The Law

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Question 4 of 10

4. "Some women wait for Jesus, and some women wait for Cain..." From what song is it? Hint

Hallelujah

Last Year's Man

So Long, Marianne

First We Take Manhattan

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Question 5 of 10

5. "I used to think I was some sort of gypsy boy, Before I let you take me home." From what song is it? Hint

So Long, Marianne

Dear Heather

Suzanne

Lady Midnight

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Question 6 of 10

6. "Don't turn on the lights, you can read their address by the moon..." From what song is it? Hint

Hunter's Lullaby

Teachers

Sisters of Mercy

Chelsea Hotel

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Question 7 of 10

7. "So I walked through the morning, the sweet early morning, I could hear my lady calling "You've won me, you've won me, my lord." From what song is it? Hint

Lady Midnight

Store Room

Winter Lady

Death of a Ladies' Man

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Question 8 of 10

8. "Those were the reasons and that was New York, we were running for the money and the flesh..." Hint

Ain't No Cure For Love

Chelsea Hotel

Chelsea Hotel No.2

Old Ideas

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Question 9 of 10

9. "Hungry as an archway, through which the troops have passed..." From where is it? Hint

If It Be Your Will

Field Commander Cohen

Take this Longing

First We Take Manhattan

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Question 10 of 10

10. "And what can I tell you my brother, my killer, What can I possibly say..." From what song is it? Hint

Bird on the Wire

Dress Rehearsal Rag

Avalanche

Famous Blue Raincoat

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "The frontiers are my prison." From which song is it?

Answer: The Partisan

Cohen commented about the song: "I learned this from a friend when I was 15. He was 17. [...] We sang it together every morning, [...] I developed the curious notion that the Nazis were overthrown by music." The song is from the album "Songs From a Room" in 1969.

2. "And Jesus was a sailor, when he walked upon the water..." From which song is it?

Answer: Suzanne

Cohen's personal comment: "I wrote this in 1966. Suzanne had a room on a waterfront street in the port of Montreal. [...] Her hospitality was immaculate." The song was first released in the album "Songs of Leonard Cohen" in 1967.

3. "I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch, he said to me "you must not ask for more." From which song is it?

Answer: Bird On The Wire

What Cohen said : "I always begin my concert with this song. It seems to return me to my duties. It was begun in Greece and finished in a motel in Hollywood around 1969 along with everything else." The song is included in the album "Songs From a Room" in 1969.

4. "Some women wait for Jesus, and some women wait for Cain..." From what song is it?

Answer: Last Year's Man

Cohen on the song: "I don't know why but I like this song. [...] I like the children in the version. I always wait for them if I have to listen to it." The song is from the album "Songs of Love and Hate" in 1970.

5. "I used to think I was some sort of gypsy boy, Before I let you take me home." From what song is it?

Answer: So Long, Marianne

Cohen's blurb: "I began this on Aylmer Street in Montreal and finished it a year later at the Chelsea Hotel in New York. [...] She (Marianne) gave me many songs, and she has given songs to others, too. She is a Muse." It was first presented to the audience in the album "Songs of Leonard Cohen" in 1967.

6. "Don't turn on the lights, you can read their address by the moon..." From what song is it?

Answer: Sisters of Mercy

What Cohen commented: "This was written in a few hours one winter night in a hotel room in Edmonton, Alberta. [...] The room was filled with moonlight reflected off the ice of the North Saskatchewan River." The song was recorded for the album "Songs of Leonard Cohen" in 1967.

7. "So I walked through the morning, the sweet early morning, I could hear my lady calling "You've won me, you've won me, my lord." From what song is it?

Answer: Lady Midnight

Cohen on the song: "This was finished in the Henry Hudson Hotel in New York. [...]. It was recorded in Nashville." The song was presented for the first time in "Songs From a Room" in 1969.

8. "Those were the reasons and that was New York, we were running for the money and the flesh..."

Answer: Chelsea Hotel No.2

Cohen regarding the song: "I began it at a bar in a Polynesian restaurant in Miami and finished it in Ashmara, Ethiopia just before the throne was overturned." The song first appeared in the album "New Skin for the Old Ceremony" in 1971.

9. "Hungry as an archway, through which the troops have passed..." From where is it?

Answer: Take this Longing

Cohen's own words: "Buffy Ste. Marie recorded an early version of this called "The Bells". It took me six or seven years to get a version for myself." The song is a track of the album "New Skin for the Old Ceremony" in 1971.

10. "And what can I tell you my brother, my killer, What can I possibly say..." From what song is it?

Answer: Famous Blue Raincoat

Cohen on the song: "I had a good raincoat, a Burberry I got in London in 1959. [...] It hung more heroically when I took out the lining, and achieved glory when the frayed sleeves were repaired with a little leather. Things were clear. I knew how to dress in those days." The song comes from "Songs of Love and Hate" in 1970.

Source: Author DeepHistory

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