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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 1, "footsteps of a lass" is an example of which technique?
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Onomatopoeia.
(c) Synesthesia.
(d) Sibilance.

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

3. Which line most clearly echoes the tension between "little girls" (line 5) and "prowling" (line 6)?
(a) Line 9, "Through the lone night until the last snow-flake."
(b) Line 11, "The dusky, half-clad girls of tired feet."
(c) Line 12, "Are trudging, thinly shod, from street to street."
(d) Line 7, "Through the long night until the silver break."

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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