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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Which lines of each stanza are indented?

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

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