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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19 and 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What broke Moitessier's sextant?
(a) He dropped it.
(b) A seagull.
(c) The stove.
(d) A wave.

2. In what ways did Moitessier recognize that he had benefited by civilization?
(a) His steel-hulled boat.
(b) Radio.
(c) Modern rations.
(d) Radar.

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

4. What was Moitessier thinking about his competitors when he rounded Cape Horn?
(a) Whether they had made it.
(b) How much water they had.
(c) Whether they had been faster.
(d) How much food they had.

5. Who interpreted the weather on the boats Moitessier sailed as a youth?
(a) The mate.
(b) The Taicong.
(c) The captain.
(d) The weatherman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Moitessier do to ride out bad weather?

2. What did Moitessier do when he was about 300 miles from the Cape of Good Hope?

3. What did Moitessier see after passing Tasmania?

4. Who did Moitessier tell himself the figure in his daydream really was?

5. What was Moitessier's wife's name?

(see the answer key)

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