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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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