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

2. In line 16, what word does the speaker use to describe the feet of his own race?
(a) Sacred.
(b) Fearful.
(c) Aching.
(d) Prideful.

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

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which two lines of each stanza create a kind of refrain in this poem?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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