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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Moitessier use Vaseline on his boat?
(a) Mast rungs.
(b) Reef points.
(c) The sail track.
(d) Spreaders.

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

4. What did Moitessier dream about as he approached Cape Horn?
(a) Reefs.
(b) Fresh vegetables.
(c) Ice floes.
(d) Rocky shores.

5. Why did Moitessier ultimately decide not to round another cape?
(a) He had been knocked down too many times.
(b) He wanted to see some friends.
(c) He was running out of food.
(d) He was tired of fighting storms.

6. What did Moitessier say freak waves are sometimes caused by?
(a) Earthquakes.
(b) Wave theory.
(c) Like aggregation.
(d) Icebergs falling off glaciers.

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

8. What distinction does Cape Horn have of the three capes?
(a) It is the farthest south.
(b) It is the most unpredictable.
(c) It is the stormiest.
(d) It is the calmest.

9. When did Moitessier finally feel that he was past Cape Horn?
(a) When he reached Brazil.
(b) When he reached the Falklands.
(c) When he reached Tahiti.
(d) As soon as land dropped away from view.

10. What were conditions like as Moitessier was approaching Capetown for the second time?
(a) Stormy.
(b) Fine sailing weather.
(c) Calm.
(d) Moderate winds but strong seas.

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

12. What was Moitessier wondering about when he rounded the Horn?
(a) His childhood home.
(b) The prize money from the race.
(c) His wife's birthday.
(d) Nigel's trimaran.

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

14. What did Moitessier find when he reached the Galapagos Islands?
(a) A research station.
(b) Seal hunters' shacks.
(c) A small town.
(d) Seals and penguins.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the danger of sailing the way Moitessier sailed as he approached Cape Horn?

2. What theme was Moitessier reading on, now that he was docked?

3. What did Moitessier remember his Chinese nursemaid telling him about as a child?

4. Where was Moitessier tempted to stop in Capetown?

5. In what ways did Moitessier recognize that he had benefited by civilization?

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