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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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