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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In line 16, what word does the speaker use to describe the feet of his own race?

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

5. Which techniques are evident in line 4, "To bend and barter at desire's call"?

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