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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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