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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) Black.
(b) Silver.
(c) Gray.
(d) White.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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