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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) Bystanders.
(b) Pimps.
(c) Clients.
(d) Police officers.

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

3. In lines 2 and 3, the expression "when the night lets fall/ Its veil" is an example of which technique?
(a) Simile.
(b) Antithesis.
(c) Paradox.
(d) Personification.

4. What ideas are associated with the snow in this poem?
(a) Circumstance, poverty, and innocence.
(b) Heaven, purity, and nature.
(c) Prejudice, indifference, and suffering.
(d) Punishment, corruption, and justice.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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