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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 lines 2 and 3, the expression "when the night lets fall/ Its veil" is an example of which technique?
(a) Paradox.
(b) Personification.
(c) Simile.
(d) Antithesis.

2. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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