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

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

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

4. What is being referred to with the expression "silver break" (line 7)?
(a) Reflections.
(b) Dawn.
(c) Headlights.
(d) Streetlights.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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