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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. Which line most clearly echoes the tension between "little girls" (line 5) and "prowling" (line 6)?
(a) Line 7, "Through the long night until the silver break."
(b) Line 11, "The dusky, half-clad girls of tired feet."
(c) Line 9, "Through the lone night until the last snow-flake."
(d) Line 12, "Are trudging, thinly shod, from street to street."

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

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

4. Whose presence is implied in "To bend and barter at desire's call" (line 4)?
(a) Pimps.
(b) Police officers.
(c) Bystanders.
(d) Clients.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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. What color does the speaker assign to the sex workers' feet?

5. In lines 2 and 3, the expression "when the night lets fall/ Its veil" is an example of which technique?

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