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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 fear about going back to civilization?
(a) Being imprisoned.
(b) Being taken over.
(c) Being confused.
(d) Being alone.

2. What did Moitessier feel accused of, now that he was back in civilization?
(a) Laziness.
(b) Greed.
(c) Exceptionalism.
(d) Radicalism

3. What did Moitessier call civilization?
(a) The Monster.
(b) The Noise.
(c) The Sewer.
(d) The Squalor.

4. Where on the Beaufort scale was the wind as Moitessier approached Cape Horn?
(a) Force 7.
(b) Force 8.
(c) Force 6.
(d) Force 3.

5. Where did Moitessier finally dock his boat?
(a) In the undeveloped part of the harbor.
(b) Outside of the harbor.
(c) Alongside an American destroyer.
(d) Inside the concrete quay.

Short Answer Questions

1. How can you avoid pitch-poling?

2. In what ways did Moitessier recognize that he had benefited by civilization?

3. What did Moitessier see as he approached Cape Horn?

4. What was the danger of sailing the way Moitessier sailed as he approached Cape Horn?

5. How much did sails for Moitessier's boat cost in 1968?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe the mysterious glowing balls Moitessier encountered.

5. Describe Moitessier's rounding of Cape Horn.

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

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

8. What is heaving-to?

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

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

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