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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) Boots meant to protect them from snow and rain.
(b) Light shoes meant to be worn indoors.
(c) Thick-soled shoes that make them appear taller.
(d) Elaborate shoes with high heels.

2. In line 16, what word does the speaker use to describe the feet of his own race?
(a) Aching.
(b) Prideful.
(c) Sacred.
(d) Fearful.

3. Which techniques are evident in line 4, "To bend and barter at desire's call"?
(a) Euphony and alliteration.
(b) Personification and asyndeton.
(c) Asyndeton and euphony.
(d) Alliteration and personification.

4. In the first image of the sex workers, what is being emphasized?
(a) Their reaction to the cold.
(b) The burden of social expectations.
(c) Their determination.
(d) The motion of their bodies.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which lines of each stanza are indented?

2. In line 1, "footsteps of a lass" is an example of which technique?

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

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

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

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