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

2. 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) Personification.
(d) Antithesis.

3. What does the word "shod" in line 12 refer to?
(a) Movement.
(b) Footwear.
(c) Sound.
(d) Clothing.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Which lines of each stanza are indented?

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

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