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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the first image of the sex workers, what is being emphasized?

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

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

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

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