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

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

3. 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) Antithesis.
(d) Paradox.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What ideas are associated with the snow in this poem?

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

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

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