Seamus Heaney: "The Forge"

Question 1

“All I know is ___”

Answer 1

“All I know is a door into the dark”

Question 2

“____ a door into the dark”

Answer 2

All I know is a door into the dark

Question 3

“Outside, old axles and iron hoops ___”

Answer 3

“Outside, old axles and iron hoops rusting;”

Question 4

Outside, ___ and ___ rusting”

Answer 4

“Outside, old axles and iron hoops rusting;”

Question 5

“____, old axles and iron hoops rusting”

Answer 5

“Outside, old axles and iron hoops rusting;”

Question 6

Inside, the hammered anvil’s ___”

Answer 6

Inside, the hammered anvil’s short-pitched ring

Question 7

Inside, ____ short-pitched ring”

Answer 7

Inside, the hammered anvil’s short-pitched ring

Question 8

“___, the hammered anvil’s short-pitched ring”

Answer 8

Inside, the hammered anvil’s short-pitched ring

Question 9

“The unpredictable fantail of ___”

Answer 9

The unpredictable fantail of sparks

Question 10

“The unpredictable ___ of sparks”

Answer 10

The unpredictable fantail of sparks

Question 11

“____ fantail of sparks”

Answer 11

The unpredictable fantail of sparks

Question 12

All I know ____
Outside, ____
Inside. ____

Answer 12

“All I know is a door into the dark”
“Outside, old axles and iron hoops rusting;”
“Inside, the hammered anvil’s short-pitched ring”

Question 13

“Or hiss when a new shoe ____”

Answer 13

“Or hiss when a new shoe toughens in water”

Question 14

“Or hiss when ___ toughens in water”

Answer 14

“Or hiss when a new shoe toughens in water”

Question 15

“___ a new shoe toughens in water”

Answer 15

“Or hiss when a new shoe toughens in water”

Question 16

“The u____”

“Or h____”

Answer 16

“The unpredictable fantail of sparks”

“Or hiss when a new shoe toughens in water”

Question 17

“The anvil must be somewhere ___”

Answer 17

“The anvil must be somewhere in the centre”

Question 18

“The anvil ___ in the centre”

Answer 18

“The anvil must be somewhere in the centre”

Question 19

“___ must be somewhere in the centre”

Answer 19

“The anvil must be somewhere in the centre”

Question 20

“Horned as a unicorn, ___”

Answer 20

“Horned as a unicorn, at one end square”

Question 21

“Horned ___, at one end square”

Answer 21

“Horned as a unicorn, at one end square”

Question 22

“___ as a unicorn, at one end square”

Answer 22

“Horned as a unicorn, at one end square”

Question 23

“Set there immoveable: ___”

Answer 23

“Set there immoveable: an altar”

Question 24

“Set there ___: an altar”

Answer 24

“Set there immoveable: an altar”

Question 25

“___ immoveable: an altar”

Answer 25

“Set there immoveable: an altar”

Question 26

“The anvil ____
“Horned ___
“Set there ___

Answer 26

“The anvil must be somewhere in the centre”
“Horned as a unicorn, at one end square”
“Set there immoveable: an altar”

Question 27

“Where he expends himself in ___”

Answer 27

“Where he expends himself in shape and music”

Question 28

“Where he ___ shape and music”

Answer 28

“Where he expends himself in shape and music”

Question 29

“____ expends himself in shape and music”

Answer 29

“Where he expends himself in shape and music”

Question 30

“Sometimes, leather-aproned, ___,”

Answer 30

“Sometimes, leather-aproned, hairs in his nose,”

Question 31

“Sometimes, ____, hairs in his nose,”

Answer 31

“Sometimes, leather-aproned, hairs in his nose,”

Question 32

“___, leather-aproned, hairs in his nose,”

Answer 32

“Sometimes, leather-aproned, hairs in his nose,”

Question 33

“Where he ___”

“Sometimes ___”

Answer 33

“Where he expends himself in shape and music”

“Sometimes, leather-aproned, hairs in his nose,”

Question 34

“He leans out on the jamb, ____”

Answer 34

“He leans out on the jamb, recalls a clatter”

Question 35

“He leans out ___, recalls a clatter”

Answer 35

“He leans out on the jamb, recalls a clatter”

Question 36

“___ on the jamb, recalls a clatter”

Answer 36

“He leans out on the jamb, recalls a clatter”

Question 37

“Of hoofs where traffic is flashing in rows”

Answer 37

“Of hoofs where traffic is flashing in rows”

Question 38

“Of hoofs where traffic is ____”

Answer 38

“Of hoofs where traffic is flashing in rows”

Question 39

“Of hoofs where ___ flashing in rows”

Answer 39

“Of hoofs where traffic is flashing in rows”

Question 40

“Of hoofs ___ traffic is flashing in rows”

Answer 40

“Of hoofs where traffic is flashing in rows”

Question 41

“___where traffic is flashing in rows”

Answer 41

“Of hoofs where traffic is flashing in rows”

Question 42

“He leans ___”

“Of hoofs ___”

Answer 42

“He leans out on the jamb, recalls a clatter”

“Of hoofs where traffic is flashing in rows”

Question 43

“Then grunts and goes in, ___”

Answer 43

“Then grunts and goes in, with a slam and a flick”

Question 44

“Then grunts ___, with a slam and a flick”

Answer 44

“Then grunts and goes in, with a slam and a flick”

Question 45

“___ and goes in, with a slam and a flick”

Answer 45

“Then grunts and goes in, with a slam and a flick”

Question 46

“To beat real iron out ____”

Answer 46

“To beat real iron out to work the bellows”

Question 47

“To beat __ to work the bellows”

Answer 47

“To beat real iron out to work the bellows”

Question 48

“___ real iron out to work the bellows”

Answer 48

“To beat real iron out to work the bellows”

Question 49

“Then grunts ___”

“To beat ___”

Answer 49

“Then grunts and goes in, with a slam and a flick”

“To beat real iron out to work the bellows”

Question 50

Quote the first eight lines of the poem

Answer 50

“All I know is a door into the dark”
“Outside, old axles and iron hoops rusting;”
“Inside, the hammered anvil’s short-pitched ring”
“The unpredictable fantail of sparks”
“Or hiss when a new shoe toughens in water”
“The anvil must be somewhere in the centre”
“Horned as a unicorn, at one end square”
“Set there immoveable: an altar”
“Where he expends himself in shape and music”

Question 51

Quote the last five lines of the poem

Answer 51

“Sometimes, leather-aproned, hairs in his nose,”
“He leans out on the jamb, recalls a clatter”
“Of hoofs where traffic is flashing in rows”
“Then grunts and goes in, with a slam and a flick”
“To beat real iron out to work the bellows”

Question 52

Quote the full poem

Answer 52

“All I know is a door into the dark”
“Outside, old axles and iron hoops rusting;”
“Inside, the hammered anvil’s short-pitched ring”
“The unpredictable fantail of sparks”
“Or hiss when a new shoe toughens in water”
“The anvil must be somewhere in the centre”
“Horned as a unicorn, at one end square”
“Set there immoveable: an altar”
“Where he expends himself in shape and music”
“Sometimes, leather-aproned, hairs in his nose,”
“He leans out on the jamb, recalls a clatter”
“Of hoofs where traffic is flashing in rows”
“Then grunts and goes in, with a slam and a flick”
“To beat real iron out to work the bellows”