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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book was Moitessier reading in which characters debated a passage in the Bible?
(a) East of Eden.
(b) Around the World in 180 Days.
(c) The Octopus.
(d) Their Eyes Were Watching God.

2. Why did Moitessier feel that he was sailing faster than he had on previous voyages as he approached Cape Horn?
(a) He had a better system of trimming sails.
(b) His boat is lighter.
(c) He is more experienced.
(d) His boat is better-designed.

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

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

5. What was Moitessier pondering after rounding Cape Horn?
(a) Going to Brazil.
(b) Speaking to another ship.
(c) Sailing to South Africa.
(d) Anchoring to rest.

6. Whose letters did Moitessier read about passing Cape Horn?
(a) Other captains'.
(b) Nigel Tetley's.
(c) Sailors'.
(d) Salvage operations'.

7. What was Moitessier trying to avoid as he approached Cape Horn?
(a) Running.
(b) Capsizing.
(c) Rolling.
(d) Pitch-poling.

8. How can you avoid pitch-poling?
(a) Sail directly downwind.
(b) Sail with the seas on the beam.
(c) Sail 15 degrees off the seas.
(d) Sail with the seas 5-10 degrees astern.

9. How often did Moitessier use the self-steering device?
(a) Only in harbors and around other ships.
(b) Only during storms.
(c) Almost all the time.
(d) Only when he was sleeping.

10. What did Moitessier feel accused of, now that he was back in civilization?
(a) Laziness.
(b) Greed.
(c) Exceptionalism.
(d) Radicalism

11. Where did Moitessier finally dock his boat?
(a) Outside of the harbor.
(b) Inside the concrete quay.
(c) In the undeveloped part of the harbor.
(d) Alongside an American destroyer.

12. What did Moitessier dream about after rounding Cape Horn?
(a) His childhood friends.
(b) Having a baby.
(c) Communicating with friends.
(d) His wife's father.

13. What organization did Moitessier become involved with after he and his friends had to move from their part of the harbor?
(a) Friends of the Earth.
(b) The Sierra Club.
(c) Greenpeace.
(d) Weather Underground.

14. What did Moitessier call civilization?
(a) The Noise.
(b) The Sewer.
(c) The Monster.
(d) The Squalor.

15. How long would Moitessier's water have lasted him?
(a) 100 days.
(b) 120 days.
(c) 150 days.
(d) 60 days.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are reef points?

2. When Moitessier thinks about a crew that ran out of water, what did he remember them trying to survive on?

3. What did Moitessier do when the barometer dropped as Moitessier approached Cape Horn?

4. What is pitch-poling?

5. What Bible passage were characters debating in the book Moitessier was reading?

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