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

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

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

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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