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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) Alliteration and personification.
(c) Personification and asyndeton.
(d) Asyndeton and euphony.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose presence is implied in "To bend and barter at desire's call" (line 4)?

2. In lines 2 and 3, the expression "when the night lets fall/ Its veil" is an example of which technique?

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

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

5. Which lines of each stanza are indented?

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