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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of boat did Moitessier sail in the race?

2. What was Moitessier thinking about when he was sailing south of Australia?

3. What dangerous reef did Moitessier avoid near New Zealand?

4. What broke Moitessier's sextant?

5. How did Moitessier reconnoiter the town he saw in Trinidad?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the conditions during Moitessier's approach to Trinidad.

2. What did Moitessier know about his competitors after rounding the Cape of Good Hope?

3. Describe Moitessier's progress after leaving England.

4. What legend did Moitessier think about after his incident with the porpoises?

5. How did Moitessier make repairs to his boat after the accident?

6. Describe Moitessier's interaction with people off the coast of Tasmania.

7. What was Moitessier afraid of after rounding the Cape of Good Hope?

8. Describe the fish that followed Moitessier's boat.

9. How did Moitessier celebrate Christmas 1968?

10. What event does his interaction with the freighter make Moitessier think back to?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Is Moitessier a misanthrope who hated people and therefore wanted to be away from them or merely an introvert who preferred his own company? Characterize Moitessier's temperament and his reasons for wanting to be alone for 10 months with only a few encounters with other people.

Essay Topic 2

What is the importance of Moitessier's boat being named Joshua? What kind of personality did this ascribe to his ship, and what kind of companion did he have in a boat named Joshua? Did he practice personification in other places, or was the Joshua the only named companion he had in the 10-month journey? What does this tell us about how Moitessier related to other people?

Essay Topic 3

What is Moitessier's relationship with the Taicong weather interpreters? Do they have something he does not have? Does he claim to have the same expertise they have, or is there a gap that separates his knowledge from theirs? Does Moitessier ever seem to be anxious about a gap or any insufficiency in his knowledge?

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