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

2. What were the glowing balls Moitessier saw on the staysail and in the sea?
(a) Plankton.
(b) Jellyfish.
(c) Dead squid.
(d) Small fish.

3. What had Moitessier's friends planted in the harbor?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Wheat and rice.
(c) Poppies and hashish.
(d) Grass and banana trees.

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

5. What theme was Moitessier reading on, now that he was docked?
(a) The future of human progress.
(b) The history of Southeast Asia.
(c) Whether progress had gone too far.
(d) The development of the materials used on sailboats.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Moitessier think of the bulldozers and concrete mixers?

2. Why did Moitessier ultimately decide not to round another cape?

3. Where did Moitessier finally dock his boat?

4. What did Moitessier toss to a small launch?

5. What book was Moitessier reading in which characters debated a passage in the Bible?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Moitessier's encounter with another boat as he approached Capetown.

2. Describe Moitessier's self-steering system, and when he would use it.

3. What is heaving-to?

4. What had Moitessier's friends done to develop Tahiti themselves?

5. What did Moitessier do that was dangerous but also exhilarating?

6. Why did Moitessier sail the capes in the order he did?

7. Describe the weather as Moitessier was approaching Cape Horn.

8. Why did Moitessier ultimately decide not to round Cape Horn again?

9. What did Moitessier dream after he passed the Falklands?

10. What path did Moitessier take approaching Cape Horn?

(see the answer keys)

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