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

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

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

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

5. Whose presence is implied in "To bend and barter at desire's call" (line 4)?
(a) Bystanders.
(b) Pimps.
(c) Clients.
(d) Police officers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which lines of each stanza are indented?

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

3. Which line most clearly echoes the tension between "little girls" (line 5) and "prowling" (line 6)?

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

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

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