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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) Footwear.
(b) Sound.
(c) Movement.
(d) Clothing.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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