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

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

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

4. In the first image of the sex workers, what is being emphasized?
(a) The burden of social expectations.
(b) Their reaction to the cold.
(c) Their determination.
(d) The motion of their bodies.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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