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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Moitessier have to do when a gale hit?
(a) Trim the sails.
(b) Strike the sails.
(c) Reef the sails.
(d) Raise the sails.

2. What friend, who had helped Moitessier build other boats, inspired him to figure out how to make repairs now?
(a) Henry Wakelam.
(b) Bill King.
(c) Nigel Tetley.
(d) Loick.

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

4. Where was Moitessier hoping his message would be communicated to?
(a) The Lloyd's agency.
(b) The Sunday Times.
(c) The news wire service.
(d) The International Herald Tribune.

5. What damage did Moitessier suffer at 31 degrees latitude?
(a) Torn sails.
(b) Water damage.
(c) None.
(d) A smashed window.

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

7. What did Moitessier compare to a vibration on a boat?
(a) Purgatory.
(b) Covenants.
(c) Grace.
(d) The word.

8. What happened after Moitessier approached the town in Trinidad?
(a) He anchored.
(b) No one came out, so he left.
(c) He signaled and sailed on.
(d) A boat came to take his film.

9. What was Moitessier's strategy in the around the world race?
(a) To pass the three capes early.
(b) To save the capes until the end.
(c) To sail with the dominant currents.
(d) To sail with the warm weather.

10. How was Moitessier going to communicate with others during the race?
(a) By leaving messages in different ports.
(b) By passing certain ports.
(c) By leaving messages in bottles.
(d) By relaying messages through other ships.

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

12. What allowed Moitessier's ship to sail so quickly?
(a) Its light weight.
(b) Its revolutionary design.
(c) The calm weather.
(d) Its extraordinary sail area.

13. When did Moitessier begin to prepare for his trip around the world?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1972.

14. What did Moitessier do to ride out bad weather?
(a) Drop all sail.
(b) Heave-to.
(c) Run.
(d) Anchor.

15. Where is Trinidad?
(a) Off the coast of India.
(b) Off the coast of Morocco.
(c) Off the coast of France.
(d) Off the coast of Brazil.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Moitessier anxious after rounding the Cape of Good Hope?

2. What did the things do that Moitessier captured in his bucket?

3. What book of the Bible did Moitessier meditate on at Christmas?

4. What were the conditions when Moitessier passed the Cape Agulhas lighthouse?

5. What were the conditions on Christmas?

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