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

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

3. Which two lines of each stanza create a kind of refrain in this poem?
(a) The first and sixth.
(b) The second and fourth.
(c) The first and third.
(d) The fifth and sixth.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. In the first image of the sex workers, what is being emphasized?

5. Which lines of each stanza are indented?

(see the answer key)

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