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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 was Moitessier running low on after rounding the Cape of Good Hope?
2. Why was Moitessier anxious after rounding the Cape of Good Hope?
3. Why did Moitessier decide to sail close to South Africa?
4. What was Moitessier's yacht named?
5. How long before a voyage would the weather interpreter gather information about the weather?
Short Essay Questions
1. What dangers did Moitessier avoid as he neared Tasmania?
2. Describe the conditions during Moitessier's approach to Trinidad.
3. What was Moitessier's reason for stopping in Trinidad?
4. Describe Moitessier's interaction with a ship in Walker Bay, South Africa.
5. What event does his interaction with the freighter make Moitessier think back to?
6. Describe Moitessier's interaction with people off the coast of Tasmania.
7. What equipment did Moitessier refuse to take with him?
8. What was Moitessier's purpose for sailing close to the coast of South Africa?
9. Describe Moitessier's sailing experience in a junk.
10. What wildlife did Moitessier see on his trip?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Was Moitessier's decision to abandon the race and head to Tahiti to see friends predicted in anything Moitessier said in the early part of the book? Was he being self-consistent, or did he discover something that changed his mind, to keep sailing to Tahiti?
Essay Topic 2
One of Moitessier's first important decisions was to decline to take a heavy transmitter but to convey messages in other ways. How important was communication to Moitessier, and how did its importance change over time? Were there occasions when he regretted leaving the transmitter and wished he had news, or was he comfortable being out of range for months at a time?
Essay Topic 3
Moitessier's tale of sailing solo is a story of self-reliance in the face of nature, which puts it in the same league as Thoreau's Walden and other books about going into nature alone. What does The Long Way tell us about the state of this narrative in the late 1960s. Is there any refuge where man can ultimately get away? What is the role of woman and society in the natural area where he finds his solitude? How is Moitessier positioned relative to this narrative of male self-reliance?
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