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

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

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

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What color does the speaker assign to the sex workers' feet?

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

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

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