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

2. Which two lines of each stanza create a kind of refrain in this poem?
(a) The second and fourth.
(b) The first and third.
(c) The fifth and sixth.
(d) The first and sixth.

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

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

5. Which techniques are evident in line 4, "To bend and barter at desire's call"?
(a) Euphony and alliteration.
(b) Alliteration and personification.
(c) Asyndeton and euphony.
(d) Personification and asyndeton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the word "shod" in line 12 refer to?

2. Which lines of each stanza are indented?

3. Whose presence is implied in "To bend and barter at desire's call" (line 4)?

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

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

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