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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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