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

2. 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.

3. What does the expression "feet of clay" in line 15 refer to?
(a) Stubbornness and selfishness.
(b) Cowardice and fear.
(c) A delicate, easily-fractured nature.
(d) A hidden character flaw.

4. 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) Boots meant to protect them from snow and rain.
(d) Elaborate shoes with high heels.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which lines of each stanza are indented?

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

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

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

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

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