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

2. What Bible passage were characters debating in the book Moitessier was reading?

3. How is Moitessier progressing when he enters the Pacific Ocean?

4. What did Moitessier fear about going back to civilization?

5. How long would Moitessier's water have lasted him?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is heaving-to?

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

5. What was Moitessier thinking as he approached Capetown for the second time?

6. Why did Moitessier sail the capes in the order he did?

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

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

9. Describe what Moitessier found when he reached Tahiti.

10. What had Moitessier's friends done to develop Tahiti themselves?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Moitessier was only able to build the Joshua because of money he had made from the proceeds of his book Vagabond of the Southern Seas. In what ways is The Long Way consistent with Vagabond and in what ways does it mark a progression for Moitessier? What had he learned by the time he wrote The Long Way?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Describe the plot of The Long Way. How does Moitessier maintain dramatic tension in order to keep a reader interested and curious about the scene and what will come next? How does he balance the need to interest a reader with the desire to slow down and meditate and consider the meaning of things?

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