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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 color does the speaker assign to the sex workers' feet?
(a) Black.
(b) Silver.
(c) White.
(d) Gray.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the expression "feet of clay" in line 15 refer to?

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

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

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