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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. How did Moitessier typically sleep in good conditions?

2. What did Moitessier hope was communicated from his contact with the town in Trinidad?

3. What did Moitessier decide to do after passing Tasmania?

4. What book of the Bible did Moitessier meditate on at Christmas?

5. What was the name of Moitessier's previous boat?

Short Essay Questions

1. What equipment did Moitessier refuse to take with him?

2. What was the old Taicong legend that Moitessier recalled when he was approaching Cape of Leeuwin?

3. What was Moitessier fantasizing about as Christmas approached?

4. Who was the Taicong, and how did he work?

5. What were Moitessier's Christmas meditations?

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

7. Who were the sailors competing with Moitessier in the round-the-world race?

8. Describe Moitessier's first knockdown on the round-the-world trip.

9. What was Moitessier's reason for stopping in Trinidad?

10. Describe Moitessier's sailing experience in a junk.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What does Moitessier's book tell us about nature and wildlife and man's and society's place in the natural world? Is Moitessier arguing for a particular view of man's place? What view is he arguing against? If he is not arguing for a particular view, what gives his narrative coherence?

Essay Topic 3

Read another account--Slocum's perhaps--and compare and contrast Moitessier's account of sailing around the world. How are the accounts similar? How are they different? What cultural differences can you point to to explain the difference?

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