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Section 1: "Harlem Shadows," Lines 1-18

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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.

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