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

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

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

4. 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.

5. What is being referred to with the expression "silver break" (line 7)?
(a) Headlights.
(b) Dawn.
(c) Streetlights.
(d) Reflections.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the sex workers wearing on their feet?

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

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

4. Which lines of each stanza are indented?

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

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