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

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

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

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

5. What does the word "shod" in line 12 refer to?
(a) Sound.
(b) Footwear.
(c) Clothing.
(d) Movement.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which lines of each stanza are indented?

2. What are the sex workers wearing on their feet?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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