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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 expression "feet of clay" in line 15 refer to?
(a) Stubbornness and selfishness.
(b) Cowardice and fear.
(c) A hidden character flaw.
(d) A delicate, easily-fractured nature.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In line 1, "footsteps of a lass" is an example of which technique?

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