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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 did Moitessier do when he was about 300 miles from the Cape of Good Hope?
(a) Throw stuff overboard to lighten the ship.
(b) Stop for repairs.
(c) Stop for supplies.
(d) Transmit his location to a passing ship.

2. Who interpreted the weather on the boats Moitessier sailed as a youth?
(a) The weatherman.
(b) The mate.
(c) The captain.
(d) The Taicong.

3. What was a good speed for Moitessier's ship?
(a) 17 knots.
(b) 8 knots.
(c) 6 knots.
(d) 4 knots.

4. How did Moitessier reconnoiter the town he saw in Trinidad?
(a) By rowing ashore.
(b) By signal flare-light.
(c) By walking around.
(d) By climbing the mast.

5. What voyage did Moitessier think back to as he was approaching Tasmania?
(a) Cruising the Gulf of Siam.
(b) Cruising the Indian Ocean.
(c) Cruising in the Mediterranean.
(d) Cruising the Bay of Fundy.

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. What book of the Bible did Moitessier meditate on at Christmas?

4. Which competitor did Moitessier believe he had heard news of?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What chore could Moitessier only perform in calm weather?

2. What were Moitessier's Christmas meditations?

3. Describe Moitessier's progress after leaving England.

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

5. Describe Moitessier's passage past New Zealand.

6. How did Moitessier plan to communicate at sea?

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

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

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

10. Describe Moitessier's relationship with the seabirds.

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