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

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

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

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

5. In line 1, "footsteps of a lass" is an example of which technique?
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Sibilance.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Synesthesia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose presence is implied in "To bend and barter at desire's call" (line 4)?

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

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

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

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

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