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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 first and sixth.
(b) The fifth and sixth.
(c) The first and third.
(d) The second and fourth.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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