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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 delicate, easily-fractured nature.
(b) Cowardice and fear.
(c) Stubbornness and selfishness.
(d) A hidden character flaw.

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

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

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

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) Elaborate shoes with high heels.
(d) Boots meant to protect them from snow and rain.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which lines of each stanza are indented?

4. In line 1, "footsteps of a lass" is an example of which technique?

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

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