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

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

3. 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.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What ideas are associated with the snow in this poem?

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

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

4. What are the sex workers wearing on their feet?

5. What color does the speaker assign to the sex workers' feet?

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