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

2. Which line most clearly echoes the tension between "little girls" (line 5) and "prowling" (line 6)?
(a) Line 12, "Are trudging, thinly shod, from street to street."
(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 7, "Through the long night until the silver break."

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

4. What is being referred to with the expression "silver break" (line 7)?
(a) Reflections.
(b) Streetlights.
(c) Headlights.
(d) Dawn.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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