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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 dream about after rounding Cape Horn?
(a) Communicating with friends.
(b) Having a baby.
(c) His childhood friends.
(d) His wife's father.

2. What were conditions like as Moitessier was approaching Capetown for the second time?
(a) Calm.
(b) Moderate winds but strong seas.
(c) Stormy.
(d) Fine sailing weather.

3. In what ways did Moitessier recognize that he had benefited by civilization?
(a) Modern rations.
(b) Radio.
(c) His steel-hulled boat.
(d) Radar.

4. Why did Moitessier ultimately decide not to round another cape?
(a) He had been knocked down too many times.
(b) He was running out of food.
(c) He was tired of fighting storms.
(d) He wanted to see some friends.

5. How did Moitessier make money to finance his sailing?
(a) By working for short stints in port.
(b) By performing repairs on other ships.
(c) By writing about his sailing.
(d) By taking charters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What distinction does Cape Horn have of the three capes?

2. What did Moitessier call civilization?

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

4. What did Moitessier do when the barometer dropped as Moitessier approached Cape Horn?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is heaving-to?

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

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

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

5. Describe Moitessier's rounding of Cape Horn.

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

7. Describe Moitessier's suit of sails.

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

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

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

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