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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 line most clearly echoes the tension between "little girls" (line 5) and "prowling" (line 6)?
(a) Line 9, "Through the lone night until the last snow-flake."
(b) Line 12, "Are trudging, thinly shod, from street to street."
(c) Line 11, "The dusky, half-clad girls of tired feet."
(d) Line 7, "Through the long night until the silver break."

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

3. What are the sex workers wearing on their feet?
(a) Light shoes meant to be worn indoors.
(b) Elaborate shoes with high heels.
(c) Thick-soled shoes that make them appear taller.
(d) Boots meant to protect them from snow and rain.

4. In the first image of the sex workers, what is being emphasized?
(a) The motion of their bodies.
(b) The burden of social expectations.
(c) Their reaction to the cold.
(d) Their determination.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Which lines of each stanza are indented?

(see the answer key)

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