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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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