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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) Onomatopoeia.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Synesthesia.

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

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

4. In lines 2 and 3, the expression "when the night lets fall/ Its veil" is an example of which technique?
(a) Simile.
(b) Paradox.
(c) Antithesis.
(d) Personification.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Which techniques are evident in line 4, "To bend and barter at desire's call"?

5. Whose presence is implied in "To bend and barter at desire's call" (line 4)?

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