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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is pitch-poling?
(a) Using a spar to hold out the sails in light air.
(b) Capsizing side-first.
(c) Capsizing front-first.
(d) Putting the wind dead astern.

4. What was the danger of sailing the way Moitessier sailed as he approached Cape Horn?
(a) Taking on water.
(b) Breaking equipment.
(c) Pitch-poling.
(d) Capsizing.

5. How is Moitessier progressing when he enters the Pacific Ocean?
(a) Very slowly.
(b) Cautiously.
(c) At a good pace.
(d) At record speed.

6. For what purpose did Moitessier put on his wetsuit?
(a) Fending off icebergs.
(b) Weathering a snowstorm.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Scraping barnacles.

7. What did Moitessier toss to a small launch?
(a) His log books and notes.
(b) His resignation from the race.
(c) Letters to his family.
(d) Film and photos.

8. Where was Moitessier tempted to stop in Capetown?
(a) The Yacht Club.
(b) An old lover's house.
(c) His in-laws' house.
(d) A friend's house.

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

10. What did Moitessier do when the barometer dropped as Moitessier approached Cape Horn?
(a) Raised the staysail.
(b) Eased the mizzen.
(c) Reefed the main.
(d) Lowered the genoa.

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

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

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

14. What did Moitessier do when he was on deck as he approached Cape Horn?
(a) Looked for signs of land.
(b) Studied books for accounts of rounding Cape Horn.
(c) Wore his safety harness.
(d) Studied the seas for signs of gales.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Moitessier dream about as he approached Cape Horn?

2. What had conditions been like when Moitessier approached Cape Horn with his wife on an earlier voyage?

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

4. What happened when Moitessier sailed too fast over waves?

5. How did Moitessier make money to finance his sailing?

(see the answer keys)

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