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

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

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

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Which lines of each stanza are indented?

(see the answer key)

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