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

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

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

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which techniques are evident in line 4, "To bend and barter at desire's call"?

4. What does the word "shod" in line 12 refer to?

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

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