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

2. 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 fifth and sixth.
(d) The first and third.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Which lines of each stanza are indented?

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

(see the answer key)

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