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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. How much water did Moitessier capture after rounding the Cape of Good Hope?
(a) 16 gallons.
(b) 80 gallons.
(c) 8 gallons.
(d) 32 gallons.

2. What did Moitessier watch after rounding the Cape of Good Hope?
(a) The birds that follow his ship.
(b) His food supply.
(c) The water.
(d) The sails.

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

4. What news did Moitessier get about the race on the BBC radio?
(a) He heard about Knox-Johnston's passing Tasmania.
(b) He heard about Fougeron's passing Tasmania.
(c) None.
(d) He heard about his own passage past Tasmania.

5. Why did Moitessier keep his sails reefed after rounding the Cape of Good Hope?
(a) The winds were still howling.
(b) The winds had gotten light.
(c) He had torn his large sails.
(d) He was tired.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Moitessier following when he passed the Canary Islands?

2. What was Moitessier's wife's name?

3. Where did Moitessier hit the doldrums?

4. What happened to Moitessier at 31 degrees latitude?

5. What port did Moitessier waver about approaching?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Moitessier's interaction with a ship in Walker Bay, South Africa.

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

4. Describe Moitessier's passage past New Zealand.

5. What was Moitessier looking for as he approached South Australia?

6. What was Moitessier fantasizing about as Christmas approached?

7. Describe the harbor where Moitessier arrived in Trinidad.

8. What were Moitessier's Christmas meditations?

9. Describe Moitessier's sailing experience in a junk.

10. What was the old Taicong legend that Moitessier recalled when he was approaching Cape of Leeuwin?

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