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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "Harlem Shadows," Lines 1-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color does the speaker assign to the sex workers' feet?
(a) Silver.
(b) Black.
(c) White.
(d) Gray.

2. In line 16, what word does the speaker use to describe the feet of his own race?
(a) Sacred.
(b) Fearful.
(c) Aching.
(d) Prideful.

3. What are the sex workers wearing on their feet?
(a) Thick-soled shoes that make them appear taller.
(b) Light shoes meant to be worn indoors.
(c) Elaborate shoes with high heels.
(d) Boots meant to protect them from snow and rain.

4. What does the word "shod" in line 12 refer to?
(a) Footwear.
(b) Movement.
(c) Sound.
(d) Clothing.

5. In the first image of the sex workers, what is being emphasized?
(a) The burden of social expectations.
(b) Their reaction to the cold.
(c) The motion of their bodies.
(d) Their determination.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which line most clearly echoes the tension between "little girls" (line 5) and "prowling" (line 6)?

2. What does the expression "feet of clay" in line 15 refer to?

3. In line 1, "footsteps of a lass" is an example of which technique?

4. What ideas are associated with the snow in this poem?

5. Which lines of each stanza are indented?

(see the answer key)

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