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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 is pitch-poling?
(a) Capsizing side-first.
(b) Capsizing front-first.
(c) Using a spar to hold out the sails in light air.
(d) Putting the wind dead astern.

2. What did Moitessier dream about as he approached Cape Horn?
(a) Fresh vegetables.
(b) Reefs.
(c) Rocky shores.
(d) Ice floes.

3. How often did Moitessier use the self-steering device?
(a) Almost all the time.
(b) Only when he was sleeping.
(c) Only in harbors and around other ships.
(d) Only during storms.

4. How much water did Moitessier have after rounding Cape Horn?
(a) 40 gallons.
(b) 80 gallons.
(c) 100 gallons.
(d) 60 gallons.

5. What land did Moitessier find as he rounded Cape Horn?
(a) Isla Caroline.
(b) Cabo de Hornos.
(c) Diego Ramirez.
(d) Isla Wolleston.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Moitessier say freak waves are sometimes caused by?

2. What did Moitessier call civilization?

3. Where did Moitessier use Vaseline on his boat?

4. What did Moitessier toss to a small launch?

5. What was Moitessier trying to avoid as he approached Cape Horn?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe the mysterious glowing balls Moitessier encountered.

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

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

7. Describe Moitessier's rounding of Cape Horn.

8. What was Moitessier reading as he approached Cape Horn?

9. What is heaving-to?

10. What maintenance did Moitessier do after he passed the Falklands?

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