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

2. Which line most clearly echoes the tension between "little girls" (line 5) and "prowling" (line 6)?
(a) Line 12, "Are trudging, thinly shod, from street to street."
(b) Line 7, "Through the long night until the silver break."
(c) Line 9, "Through the lone night until the last snow-flake."
(d) Line 11, "The dusky, half-clad girls of tired feet."

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Which lines of each stanza are indented?

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

(see the answer key)

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