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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Which lines of each stanza are indented?

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

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