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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) Personification and asyndeton.
(b) Euphony and alliteration.
(c) Alliteration and personification.
(d) Asyndeton and euphony.

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

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

4. 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) Simile.
(d) Paradox.

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

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

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

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