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

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

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

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

5. Which techniques are evident in line 4, "To bend and barter at desire's call"?
(a) Euphony and alliteration.
(b) Asyndeton and euphony.
(c) Personification and asyndeton.
(d) Alliteration and personification.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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