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

2. In line 1, "footsteps of a lass" is an example of which technique?
(a) Onomatopoeia.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Sibilance.
(d) Synesthesia.

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

4. Which lines of each stanza are indented?
(a) The fifth and sixth.
(b) The second and fourth.
(c) The first and sixth.
(d) The first and third.

5. What does the expression "feet of clay" in line 15 refer to?
(a) Stubbornness and selfishness.
(b) Cowardice and fear.
(c) A hidden character flaw.
(d) A delicate, easily-fractured nature.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is being referred to with the expression "silver break" (line 7)?

2. Which techniques are evident in line 4, "To bend and barter at desire's call"?

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

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

5. What are the sex workers wearing on their feet?

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