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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) Bystanders.
(b) Clients.
(c) Police officers.
(d) Pimps.

2. What ideas are associated with the snow in this poem?
(a) Heaven, purity, and nature.
(b) Prejudice, indifference, and suffering.
(c) Circumstance, poverty, and innocence.
(d) Punishment, corruption, and justice.

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

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color does the speaker assign to the sex workers' feet?

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

3. Which two lines of each stanza create a kind of refrain in this poem?

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

5. Which lines of each stanza are indented?

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