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

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

3. Which lines of each stanza are indented?
(a) The first and third.
(b) The second and fourth.
(c) The first and sixth.
(d) The fifth and sixth.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which techniques are evident in line 4, "To bend and barter at desire's call"?

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

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

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