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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 distinction does Cape Horn have of the three capes?
2. When did Moitessier cross the path where he originally headed toward the Cape of Good Hope?
3. What were the glowing balls Moitessier saw on the staysail and in the sea?
4. What did Moitessier do when he was on deck as he approached Cape Horn?
5. Whose letters did Moitessier read about passing Cape Horn?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Moitessier sail the capes in the order he did?
2. Describe the weather as Moitessier was approaching Cape Horn.
3. What was Moitessier reading as he approached Cape Horn?
4. Describe the mysterious glowing balls Moitessier encountered.
5. Describe Moitessier's attempt to give word of his progress in the Falklands.
6. What was Moitessier thinking about as he reached the path of his original transit from Trinidad to the Cape of Good Hope?
7. Describe what Moitessier found when he reached Tahiti.
8. Describe Moitessier's suit of sails.
9. What did Moitessier do that was dangerous but also exhilarating?
10. What path did Moitessier take approaching Cape Horn?
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
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 3
How would a solo round-the-world trip be different today? How have communication and sailing technologies evolved since the late 1960s?
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