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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which lines of each stanza are indented?

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

4. What is being referred to with the expression "silver break" (line 7)?

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

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