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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Whose presence is implied in "To bend and barter at desire's call" (line 4)?

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

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