Lily, Rosemary & the Jack of Hearts Quiz

Answer: In the doorway

"He was standin' in the doorway/ Lookin' like the Jack of Hearts." He appears there drawing attention of all those people drinking. He must look interesting or why should all the girls get so crazy about him?

Answer: Mirrors

"He moved across the mirrored room." Of course some other things might be there as well but only mirrors are explicitly mentioned.

Answer: In the corner

"Then he moved into the corner, face down like the Jack of Hearts."

Answer: Backstage

"Backstage the girls were playin' five-card stud by the stairs."

Answer: Diamonds

"Big Jim was no one's fool, he owned the town's only diamond mine." It would be unlike him to deal with anything of lower value.

Answer: Her father

"She'd come away from a broken home" and later "She was thinkin' 'bout her father, who she very rarely saw." Very psychoanalytical, isn't it.

Answer: She has his ring

"It was known all around that Lily had Jim's ring/ And nothing would ever come between Lily and the king." He might take her everywhere and have her picture but as to living much more likely he lives with Rosemary.

Answer: Hanging judge

"He went to get the hangin' judge, but the hangin' judge was drunk." The picture of the law is not very optimistic, is it. By the way, the fact that he is referred to as "hanging" judge suggests what the law was all about, I guess.

Answer: In a knife

"Rosemary started drinkin' hard and seein' her reflection in the knife" Obviously, she probably reflects in other objects too but it is the knife that is perilous. Maybe it's not the one that will lead her to the gallows but the hint is clear.

Answer: The wall

"Be careful not to touch the wall, there's a brand-new coat of paint." I find this line really charming because it's so pointless and yet surprisingly down-to-earth. Why, she remembers to warn him about the wall... But maybe it's just another way of reminding us of the drilling in the wall constantly going on.

Answer: Of a monk

"As the leading actor hurried by in the costume of a monk." Precisely.

Answer: Two

"Two doors down the boys finally made it through the wall." I love it when we get to know who the mysterious Jack of Hearts is and what he is really doing in the town. Funny, but it actually adds to his romanticism.

Answer: Big Jim

"She was thinkin' 'bout her father, who she very rarely saw,/ Thinkin' 'bout Rosemary and thinkin' about the law." Surprising as it may seem, the late lover does not occupy her thoughts at all, she's more concerned about the law.

Answer: "Just another night in the life of the Jack of Hearts."

The verse ending with this line is to be found in the lyric on the official site of Dylan (www.bobdylan.com). I always wonder why it's been omitted.

Answer: Jack of Hearts

"Lily was a princess", Rosemary "slipped in through the side door lookin' like a queen without a crown" and Jim is referred to as "king." It's only Jack who does not fit.