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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was dangerous about what Moitessier was thinking about south of Australia?
(a) Passing close to Tasmania.
(b) Getting caught in a typhoon.
(c) Sharks around the Barrier Reef.
(d) Passing too close to Antarctica.

2. What news did Moitessier get about the race on the BBC radio?
(a) He heard about Fougeron's passing Tasmania.
(b) None.
(c) He heard about Knox-Johnston's passing Tasmania.
(d) He heard about his own passage past Tasmania.

3. Where did Moitessier get close to other ships?
(a) Prudhomme Bay.
(b) Walker Bay.
(c) Capetown.
(d) Biscayne Bay.

4. How did Moitessier communicate for the first time with another ship?
(a) By semaphore.
(b) By radio.
(c) By Morse code.
(d) By signal flags.

5. What repair could Moitessier make quickly after the collision with the freighter?
(a) The bowsprit.
(b) The keel.
(c) The shrouds.
(d) The hull.

6. Where did Moitessier begin his trip around the world?
(a) Penzance, England.
(b) Portsmouth, England.
(c) Plymouth, England.
(d) Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

7. Why did Moitessier have this fear about making this mistake?
(a) A similar mistake had almost wrecked him on a previous voyage.
(b) He had run aground by making a similar mistake.
(c) He had lost a previous race because of this mistake.
(d) A friend of his had been killed by making the same mistake.

8. What did Moitessier hope was communicated from his contact with the town in Trinidad?
(a) The message he passed to the boat that came to meet him.
(b) The film he dropped off.
(c) The message he communicated with Morse code.
(d) The letters on his sail.

9. What port did Moitessier waver about approaching?
(a) Burnie.
(b) Palana.
(c) Wickham.
(d) Hobart.

10. How did Moitessier celebrate his birthday?
(a) By writing about his voyage.
(b) With fresh fish.
(c) By making repairs.
(d) With champagne.

11. What was Moitessier running low on after rounding the Cape of Good Hope?
(a) Food.
(b) Vitamins.
(c) Cooking fuel.
(d) Water.

12. What kind of boat did Nigel sail?
(a) Brigantine.
(b) Catamaran.
(c) Trimaran.
(d) Monohull.

13. What was Moitessier following when he passed the Canary Islands?
(a) Flying fish.
(b) A giant tuna.
(c) A cargo ship.
(d) An albatross.

14. Which competitors did Moitessier say were supposed to keep in radio contact?
(a) Loick and Fougeron.
(b) Bill and Nigel.
(c) Fougeron and Bill.
(d) Loick and Nigel Tetley.

15. What was the name of Moitessier's previous boat?
(a) The Guinevere.
(b) The Hélèna.
(c) The Genevieve.
(d) The Marie-Thérése.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Moitessier typically sleep in good conditions?

2. What interaction did Moitessier have with the birds that followed his boat?

3. What did Moitessier learn sailing junks as a youth?

4. What friend, who had helped Moitessier build other boats, inspired him to figure out how to make repairs now?

5. What was Moitessier's yacht named?

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