Seamus Heaney: "A Constable Calls"

Question 1

___ at the window-sill,

Answer 1

His bicycle stood at the window-sill,

Question 2

His bicycle ___ the window-sill,

Answer 2

His bicycle stood at the window-sill,

Question 3

His bicycle stood ___,

Answer 3

His bicycle stood at the window-sill,

Question 4

___ of a mud-splasher skirting the front mudguard,

Answer 4

The rubber cowl of a mud-splasher skirting the front mudguard

Question 5

The rubber cowl ___ skirting the front mudguard

Answer 5

The rubber cowl of a mud-splasher skirting the front mudguard

Question 6

The rubber cowl of a mud-splasher ___ the front mudguard

Answer 6

The rubber cowl of a mud-splasher skirting the front mudguard

Question 7

The rubber cowl of a mud-splasher skirting ___

Answer 7

The rubber cowl of a mud-splasher skirting the front mudguard

Question 8

___ handlegrips heating in sunlight

Answer 8

Its fat black handlegrips heating in sunlight

Question 9

Its fat black ___heating in sunlight

Answer 9

Its fat black handlegrips heating in sunlight

Question 10

Its fat black handlegrips ___

Answer 10

Its fat black handlegrips heating in sunlight

Question 11

Quote the first stanza.

Answer 11

His bicycle stood at the window-sill,
The rubber cowl of a mud-splasher
Skirting the front mudguard,
Its fat black handlegrips

Question 12

___ of the dynamo gleaming and cocked back

Answer 12

The spud’ of the dynamo gleaming and cocked back

Question 13

The spud’ ___ gleaming and cocked back

Answer 13

The spud’ of the dynamo gleaming and cocked back

Question 14

The spud’ of the dynamo ___ cocked back

Answer 14

The spud’ of the dynamo gleaming and cocked back

Question 15

The spud’ of the dynamo gleaming and ____

Answer 15

The spud’ of the dynamo gleaming and cocked back

Question 16

___ hanging relieved of the boot of the law.

Answer 16

The pedal treads hanging relieved of the boot of the law.

Question 17

The pedal treads ___ of the boot of the law.

Answer 17

The pedal treads hanging relieved of the boot of the law.

Question 18

The pedal treads hanging relieved ___.

Answer 18

The pedal treads hanging relieved of the boot of the law.

Question 19

Quote the second stanza.

Answer 19

Heating in sunlight, the spud’
Of the dynamo gleaming and cocked back
The pedal treads hanging relieved
Of the boot of the law

Question 20

___ was upside down on the floor, next his chair .

Answer 20

His cap was upside down on the floor, next his chair .

Question 21

His cap ___ on the floor, next his chair .

Answer 21

His cap was upside down on the floor, next his chair .

Question 22

His cap was upside down ___, next his chair .

Answer 22

His cap was upside down on the floor, next his chair .

Question 23

His cap was upside down on the floor, ___ .

Answer 23

His cap was upside down on the floor, next his chair .

Question 24

___ of its pressure ran like a bevel in his slightly sweating hair.

Answer 24

The line of its pressure ran like a bevel in his slightly sweating hair.

Question 25

The line ___ ran like a bevel in his slightly sweating hair.

Answer 25

The line of its pressure ran like a bevel in his slightly sweating hair.

Question 26

The line of its pressure ___ in his slightly sweating hair.

Answer 26

The line of its pressure ran like a bevel in his slightly sweating hair.

Question 27

The line of its pressure ran like a bevel ___.

Answer 27

The line of its pressure ran like a bevel in his slightly sweating hair.

Question 28

The line of its pressure ran like a bevel in his slightly ___.

Answer 28

The line of its pressure ran like a bevel in his slightly sweating hair.

Question 29

Quote the third stanza.

Answer 29

His cap was upside down
On the floor, next his chair .
The line of its pressure ran like a bevel
In his slightly sweating hair.

Question 30

___ unstrapped the heavy ledger,

Answer 30

He had unstrapped the heavy ledger,

Question 31

He had ___ the heavy ledger,

Answer 31

He had unstrapped the heavy ledger,

Question 32

He had unstrapped ___,

Answer 32

He had unstrapped the heavy ledger,

Question 33

___ was making tillage returns in acres, roods, and perches, arithmetic and fear.

Answer 33

And my father was making tillage returns in acres, roods, and perches, arithmetic and fear.

Question 34

And my father ___ in acres, roods, and perches, arithmetic and fear.

Answer 34

And my father was making tillage returns in acres, roods, and perches, arithmetic and fear.

Question 35

And my father was making tillage returns in ___, ___, and ___, arithmetic and fear.

Answer 35

And my father was making tillage returns in acres, roods, and perches, arithmetic and fear.

Question 36

And my father was making tillage returns in acres, roods, and perches, ____.

Answer 36

And my father was making tillage returns in acres, roods, and perches, arithmetic and fear.

Question 37

Quote the fourth stanza.

Answer 37

He had unstrapped
The heavy ledger, and my father
Was making tillage returns
In acres, roods, and perches.

Question 38

___ at the polished holster with its buttoned flap

Answer 38

I sat staring at the polished holster with its buttoned flap

Question 39

I sat staring ___ with its buttoned flap

Answer 39

I sat staring at the polished holster with its buttoned flap

Question 40

I sat staring at the polished holster ___

Answer 40

I sat staring at the polished holster with its buttoned flap

Question 41

I sat staring at the polished holster with its ___ flap

Answer 41

I sat staring at the polished holster with its buttoned flap

Question 42

___ looped into the revolver butt.

Answer 42

The braid cord looped into the revolver butt.

Question 43

The braid cord ___ the revolver butt.

Answer 43

The braid cord looped into the revolver butt.

Question 44

The braid cord looped into ___.

Answer 44

The braid cord looped into the revolver butt.

Question 45

Quote the fifth stanza.

Answer 45

Arithmetic and fear.
I sat staring at the polished holster
With its buttoned flap, the braid cord
Looped into the revolver butt

Question 46

‘___? Mangolds? Marrowstems? Anything like that?’

Answer 46

‘Any other root crops? Mangolds? Marrowstems? Anything like that?’

Question 47

‘Any other root crops? ___? Marrowstems? Anything like that?’

Answer 47

‘Any other root crops? Mangolds? Marrowstems? Anything like that?’

Question 48

‘Any other root crops? Mangolds? ___? Anything like that?’

Answer 48

‘Any other root crops? Mangolds? Marrowstems? Anything like that?’

Question 49

‘Any other root crops? Mangolds? Marrowstems? ___?’

Answer 49

‘Any other root crops? Mangolds? Marrowstems? Anything like that?’

Question 50

‘___.’ But was there not a line of turnips where the seed ran out in the potato field?

Answer 50

‘No.’ But was there not a line of turnips where the seed ran out in the potato field?

Question 51

‘No.’ ___ a line of turnips where the seed ran out in the potato field?

Answer 51

‘No.’ But was there not a line of turnips where the seed ran out in the potato field?

Question 52

‘No.’ But was there not ___ where the seed ran out in the potato field?

Answer 52

‘No.’ But was there not a line of turnips where the seed ran out in the potato field?’No.’ But was there not a line of turnips where the seed ran out in the potato field?

Question 53

‘No.’ But was there not a line of turnips ___ in the potato field?

Answer 53

‘No.’ But was there not a line of turnips where the seed ran out in the potato field?

Question 54

‘No.’ But was there not a line of turnips where the seed ran out ___?

Answer 54

‘No.’ But was there not a line of turnips where the seed ran out in the potato field?

Question 55

Quote the sixth stanza

Answer 55

‘Any other root crops?
Mangolds? Marrowstems? Anything like that?’
‘No.’ But was there not a line
Of turnips where the seed ran out

Question 56

___ small guilts and sat imagining the black hole in the barracks.

Answer 56

I assumed small guilts and sat imagining the black hole in the barracks.

Question 57

I assumed ___ and sat imagining the black hole in the barracks.

Answer 57

I assumed small guilts and sat imagining the black hole in the barracks.

Question 58

I assumed small guilts ___ the black hole in the barracks.

Answer 58

I assumed small guilts and sat imagining the black hole in the barracks.

Question 59

I assumed small guilts and sat imagining ____.

Answer 59

I assumed small guilts and sat imagining the black hole in the barracks.

Question 60

___, shifted the baton-case further round on his belt,

Answer 60

He stood up, shifted the baton-case further round on his belt,

Question 61

He stood up, ___ further round on his belt,

Answer 61

He stood up, shifted the baton-case further round on his belt,

Question 62

He stood up, shifted the baton-case ___,

Answer 62

He stood up, shifted the baton-case further round on his belt,

Question 63

Quote the seventh stanza

Answer 63

In the potato field? I assumed
Small guilts and sat
Imagining the black hole in the barracks.
He stood up, shifted the baton-case

Question 64

___ doomsday book, fitted his cap back with two hands and looked at me as he said goodbye

Answer 64

Closed the doomsday book, fitted his cap back with two hands and looked at me as he said goodbye

Question 65

Closed the ___, fitted his cap back with two hands and looked at me as he said goodbye

Answer 65

Closed the doomsday book, fitted his cap back with two hands and looked at me as he said goodbye

Question 66

Closed the doomsday book, ___ with two hands and looked at me as he said goodbye

Answer 66

Closed the doomsday book, fitted his cap back with two hands and looked at me as he said goodbye

Question 67

Closed the doomsday book, fitted his cap back ___ and looked at me as he said goodbye

Answer 67

Closed the doomsday book, fitted his cap back with two hands and looked at me as he said goodbye

Question 68

Closed the doomsday book, fitted his cap back with two hands ___ as he said goodbye

Answer 68

Closed the doomsday book, fitted his cap back with two hands and looked at me as he said goodbye

Question 69

Closed the doomsday book, fitted his cap back with two hands and looked at me ___

Answer 69

Closed the doomsday book, fitted his cap back with two hands and looked at me as he said goodbye

Question 70

Quote the eight stanza

Answer 70

Further round on his belt,
Closed the doomsday book,
Fitted his cap back with two hands
And looked at me as he said goodbye

Question 71

___ bobbed in the window

Answer 71

A shadow bobbed in the window

Question 72

A shadow ___ in the window

Answer 72

A shadow bobbed in the window

Question 73

A shadow bobbed ____

Answer 73

A shadow bobbed in the window

Question 74

___ the carrier spring over the ledger

Answer 74

He was snapping the carrier spring over the ledger

Question 75

He was snapping ___ over the ledger

Answer 75

He was snapping the carrier spring over the ledger

Question 76

He was snapping the carrier spring ___

Answer 76

He was snapping the carrier spring over the ledger

Question 77

___ pushed off and the bicycle ticked, ticked, ticked.

Answer 77

His boot pushed off and the bicycle ticked, ticked, ticked.

Question 78

His boot ___ and the bicycle ticked, ticked, ticked.

Answer 78

His boot pushed off and the bicycle ticked, ticked, ticked.

Question 79

His boot pushed off ___ ticked, ticked, ticked.

Answer 79

His boot pushed off and the bicycle ticked, ticked, ticked.

Question 80

His boot pushed off and the bicycle ___, ___, ___.

Answer 80

His boot pushed off and the bicycle ticked, ticked, ticked.

Question 81

Quote the ninth stanza.

Answer 81

A shadow bobbed in the window.
He was snapping the carrier spring
Over the ledger. His boot pushed off
And the bicycle ticked, ticked, ticked.

Question 82

Quote the first three stanzas

Answer 82

His bicycle stood at the window-sill,
The rubber cowl of a mud-splasher
Skirting the front mudguard,
Its fat black handlegrips

Heating in sunlight, the spud’
Of the dynamo gleaming and cocked back
The pedal treads hanging relieved
Of the boot of the law

His cap was upside down
On the floor, next his chair .
The line of its pressure ran like a bevel
In his slightly sweating hair.

Question 83

Quote the fourth, fifth and sixth stanzas.

Answer 83

He had unstrapped
The heavy ledger, and my father
Was making tillage returns
In acres, roods, and perches.

Arithmetic and fear.
I sat staring at the polished holster
With its buttoned flap, the braid cord
Looped into the revolver butt

‘Any other root crops?
Mangolds? Marrowstems? Anything like that?’
‘No.’ But was there not a line
Of turnips where the seed ran out

Question 84

Quote the final three stanzas.

Answer 84

In the potato field? I assumed
Small guilts and sat
Imagining the black hole in the barracks.
He stood up, shifted the baton-case

Further round on his belt,
Closed the doomsday book,
Fitted his cap back with two hands
And looked at me as he said goodbye

A shadow bobbed in the window.
He was snapping the carrier spring
Over the ledger. His boot pushed off
And the bicycle ticked, ticked, ticked.