The Long Way Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Bernard Moitessier
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 107 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Long Way Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Bernard Moitessier
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 107 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Moitessier think the porpoises were trying to tell him as he passed New Zealand?

2. Where did Moitessier hit the doldrums?

3. What did Moitessier do when he hit light winds after passing Trinidad?

4. What did Moitessier remember the weather interpreter needing in order to interpret the weather?

5. How did Moitessier reconnoiter the town he saw in Trinidad?

Short Essay Questions

1. What dangers did Moitessier avoid as he neared Tasmania?

2. What event does his interaction with the freighter make Moitessier think back to?

3. What were Moitessier's Christmas meditations?

4. Describe Moitessier's first knockdown on the round-the-world trip.

5. How did Moitessier plan to communicate at sea?

6. How did Moitessier make repairs to his boat after the accident?

7. What were conditions when Moitessier rounded the Cape of Good Hope?

8. Describe Moitessier's progress after leaving England.

9. Describe Moitessier's interaction with a ship in Walker Bay, South Africa.

10. Describe Moitessier's interaction with people off the coast of Tasmania.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One of Moitessier's first important decisions was to decline to take a heavy transmitter but to convey messages in other ways. How important was communication to Moitessier, and how did its importance change over time? Were there occasions when he regretted leaving the transmitter and wished he had news, or was he comfortable being out of range for months at a time?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Moitessier's history as a sailor, and characterize the place this trip had in his development as a sailor. What, if anything, was he intent on learning or proving by making this trip?

Essay Topic 3

Was Moitessier's decision to abandon the race and head to Tahiti to see friends predicted in anything Moitessier said in the early part of the book? Was he being self-consistent, or did he discover something that changed his mind, to keep sailing to Tahiti?

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