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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 are the sex workers wearing on their feet?
(a) Thick-soled shoes that make them appear taller.
(b) Light shoes meant to be worn indoors.
(c) Boots meant to protect them from snow and rain.
(d) Elaborate shoes with high heels.

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

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

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

5. What ideas are associated with the snow in this poem?
(a) Prejudice, indifference, and suffering.
(b) Circumstance, poverty, and innocence.
(c) Punishment, corruption, and justice.
(d) Heaven, purity, and nature.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which lines of each stanza are indented?

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

5. What is being referred to with the expression "silver break" (line 7)?

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