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

2. 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.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What color does the speaker assign to the sex workers' feet?

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

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

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

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

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