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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In line 16, what word does the speaker use to describe the feet of his own race?

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

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

5. Which lines of each stanza are indented?

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