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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 remember his Chinese nursemaid telling him about as a child?
(a) The difference between right and wrong.
(b) His parents' hopes for him.
(c) The organization of the universe.
(d) The god in everyone.

2. Who did Moitessier tell himself the figure in his daydream really was?
(a) The wealth of the ocean who supports people.
(b) The monster in the unconscious who leads men astray.
(c) The Fairy Tern who guides sailors.
(d) The brutality of the ocean that destroys people.

3. What did Moitessier find when he reached the Galapagos Islands?
(a) A small town.
(b) Seals and penguins.
(c) A research station.
(d) Seal hunters' shacks.

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

5. What did Moitessier try to do but not do in the Falkland Islands?
(a) Scrape the barnacles off the hull.
(b) Give word of his position.
(c) Pick up supplies.
(d) Relax.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much fresh water did Moitessier have to drink every day?

2. What did Moitessier do when he was on deck as he approached Cape Horn?

3. What land did Moitessier find as he rounded Cape Horn?

4. What did Moitessier begin to use as he approached Cape Horn?

5. When Moitessier thinks about a crew that ran out of water, what did he remember them trying to survive on?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Moitessier thinking as he approached Capetown for the second time?

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

3. What path did Moitessier take approaching Cape Horn?

4. What did Moitessier think about civilization as he approached Tahiti?

5. How much ice did Moitessier see on his trip around Cape Horn?

6. What earlier trip did Moitessier think back to as he was rounding Cape Horn?

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

8. Describe Moitessier's rounding of Cape Horn.

9. What was Moitessier thinking about in his reading of Steinbeck's East of Eden?

10. Describe Moitessier's attempt to give word of his progress in the Falklands.

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