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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Moitessier running low on after rounding the Cape of Good Hope?
(a) Cooking fuel.
(b) Food.
(c) Vitamins.
(d) Water.

2. How did Moitessier typically sleep in good conditions?
(a) In long stretches.
(b) In short naps.
(c) At the helm.
(d) During the day.

3. What reduced Moitessier's speed after passing Tasmania?
(a) A leak.
(b) A gale.
(c) Doldrums.
(d) Technical problems.

4. Where did Moitessier get close to other ships?
(a) Capetown.
(b) Walker Bay.
(c) Prudhomme Bay.
(d) Biscayne Bay.

5. What illusion did Moitessier have at the Cape of Good Hope?
(a) That he was at home.
(b) That a man was laughing at him.
(c) That he was sinking.
(d) That he was making record speeds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which competitors did Moitessier say were supposed to keep in radio contact?

2. What did Moitessier fantasize about at Christmas?

3. With whom did Moitessier communicate off Tasmania?

4. What was dangerous about what Moitessier was thinking about south of Australia?

5. What did Moitessier learn sailing junks as a youth?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was the Taicong, and how did he work?

2. What were Moitessier's Christmas meditations?

3. What dangers did Moitessier avoid as he neared Tasmania?

4. Who were the sailors competing with Moitessier in the round-the-world race?

5. What was Moitessier afraid of after rounding the Cape of Good Hope?

6. What was Moitessier fantasizing about as Christmas approached?

7. Where did Moitessier get his water?

8. What did Moitessier see when he arrived in Trinidad?

9. What company did Moitessier have after rounding Cape of Leeuwin?

10. What legend did Moitessier think about after his incident with the porpoises?

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