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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) Reflections.
(c) Headlights.
(d) Streetlights.

2. Which lines of each stanza are indented?
(a) The first and sixth.
(b) The first and third.
(c) The second and fourth.
(d) The fifth and sixth.

3. What color does the speaker assign to the sex workers' feet?
(a) Silver.
(b) Gray.
(c) White.
(d) Black.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Which techniques are evident in line 4, "To bend and barter at desire's call"?

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

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