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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 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.

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

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

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

5. In lines 2 and 3, the expression "when the night lets fall/ Its veil" is an example of which technique?
(a) Personification.
(b) Paradox.
(c) Simile.
(d) Antithesis.

Short Answer Questions

1. In line 16, what word does the speaker use to describe the feet of his own race?

2. Which lines of each stanza are indented?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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