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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) Simile.
(d) Personification.

2. Which two lines of each stanza create a kind of refrain in this poem?
(a) The second and fourth.
(b) The first and third.
(c) The first and sixth.
(d) The fifth and sixth.

3. What does the word "shod" in line 12 refer to?
(a) Movement.
(b) Clothing.
(c) Footwear.
(d) Sound.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. In line 1, "footsteps of a lass" is an example of which technique?

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

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