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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 the barometer dropped as Moitessier approached Cape Horn?
(a) Reefed the main.
(b) Raised the staysail.
(c) Lowered the genoa.
(d) Eased the mizzen.

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

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

4. Whose letters did Moitessier read about passing Cape Horn?
(a) Salvage operations'.
(b) Nigel Tetley's.
(c) Other captains'.
(d) Sailors'.

5. How long would Moitessier's water have lasted him?
(a) 100 days.
(b) 60 days.
(c) 150 days.
(d) 120 days.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Moitessier wondering about when he rounded the Horn?

2. Why did Moitessier feel that he was sailing faster than he had on previous voyages as he approached Cape Horn?

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

4. What parallel did Moitessier steer by as he headed to Cape Horn?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Moitessier's idea of the unknown helper.

2. Describe Moitessier's suit of sails.

3. What is heaving-to?

4. Describe Moitessier's rounding of Cape Horn.

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

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

7. What was Moitessier thinking about as he reached the path of his original transit from Trinidad to the Cape of Good Hope?

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

9. Describe what Moitessier found when he reached Tahiti.

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

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