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

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

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

4. 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.

5. What are the sex workers wearing on their feet?
(a) Thick-soled shoes that make them appear taller.
(b) Light shoes meant to be worn indoors.
(c) Elaborate shoes with high heels.
(d) Boots meant to protect them from snow and rain.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Which lines of each stanza are indented?

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

(see the answer key)

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