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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news did Moitessier get about the other racers?
(a) They had rounded Cape Horn right behind him.
(b) They had been stopped by events.
(c) They had been lost.
(d) One or two had been disabled.

2. What did Moitessier look for as he approached Cape Horn?
(a) Other ships.
(b) Whales.
(c) The Southern Cross.
(d) A gale.

3. In which ocean was Moitessier knocked down twice?
(a) Arctic Ocean.
(b) Atlantic Ocean.
(c) Pacific Ocean.
(d) Indian Ocean.

4. How did Moitessier make money to finance his sailing?
(a) By performing repairs on other ships.
(b) By writing about his sailing.
(c) By working for short stints in port.
(d) By taking charters.

5. When did Moitessier cross the path where he originally headed toward the Cape of Good Hope?
(a) February 1969.
(b) June 1969.
(c) April 1969.
(d) March 1969.

6. Where on the Beaufort scale was the wind as Moitessier approached Cape Horn?
(a) Force 6.
(b) Force 7.
(c) Force 3.
(d) Force 8.

7. What did Moitessier try to do but not do in the Falkland Islands?
(a) Give word of his position.
(b) Relax.
(c) Scrape the barnacles off the hull.
(d) Pick up supplies.

8. What mistake did Moitessier make that caused him to be knocked down in the Pacific?
(a) Carrying too much sail.
(b) Activating the self-steering.
(c) Falling asleep during a gale.
(d) Not changing course.

9. What did Moitessier imagine after he decided where he was going to end his voyage?
(a) That a flying fish landed on the boat.
(b) That he was eaten by a shark.
(c) That a seagull spoke to him.
(d) That he was pulled overboard by a fish.

10. Who helped Moitessier when he was in Singapore and his boat needed a caulk job?
(a) A friend from Australia.
(b) An unknown stranger.
(c) His wife.
(d) The Pope.

11. Who did Moitessier tell himself the figure in his daydream really was?
(a) The wealth of the ocean who supports people.
(b) The monster in the unconscious who leads men astray.
(c) The brutality of the ocean that destroys people.
(d) The Fairy Tern who guides sailors.

12. How did Moitessier think of the bulldozers and concrete mixers?
(a) As noisy, ungraceful machines compared to his steel ship.
(b) As robots paving over civilization.
(c) As slaves accomplishing diabolical capitalist motives.
(d) As instruments of progress bring civilization to a backward people.

13. What was Moitessier's reaction to civilization again?
(a) He was glad to be in touch with his wife again.
(b) He was grateful for the comforts.
(c) He was relieved to be safe.
(d) He was angry about development.

14. What did Moitessier fear about going back to civilization?
(a) Being confused.
(b) Being taken over.
(c) Being imprisoned.
(d) Being alone.

15. What did Moitessier begin to use as he approached Cape Horn?
(a) The radio.
(b) A safety harness.
(c) Radar.
(d) Headlamps.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Moitessier tempted to stop in Capetown?

2. How much water did Moitessier have after rounding Cape Horn?

3. What were the conditions when Moitessier approached Cape Horn?

4. What was Moitessier trying to avoid as he approached Cape Horn?

5. What did Moitessier say freak waves are sometimes caused by?

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