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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In line 1, "footsteps of a lass" is an example of which technique?

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

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

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

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