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

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

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

4. Which two lines of each stanza create a kind of refrain in this poem?
(a) The second and fourth.
(b) The first and third.
(c) The fifth and sixth.
(d) The first and sixth.

5. Which lines of each stanza are indented?
(a) The first and sixth.
(b) The fifth and sixth.
(c) The first and third.
(d) The second and fourth.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Whose presence is implied in "To bend and barter at desire's call" (line 4)?

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

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