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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom did Moitessier say he pitied after he docked his boat?
(a) The rats that go to ships to steal food.
(b) Locals whose livelihoods are disturbed by 'progress'.
(c) Wives who haven't seen their husbands in almost a year.
(d) Sailors who don't have wild places to sail to any more.

2. Who helped Moitessier when he was in Singapore and his boat needed a caulk job?
(a) His wife.
(b) The Pope.
(c) A friend from Australia.
(d) An unknown stranger.

3. When did Moitessier finally feel that he was past Cape Horn?
(a) When he reached Tahiti.
(b) When he reached the Falklands.
(c) As soon as land dropped away from view.
(d) When he reached Brazil.

4. What were the glowing balls Moitessier saw on the staysail and in the sea?
(a) Plankton.
(b) Jellyfish.
(c) Dead squid.
(d) Small fish.

5. For what purpose did Moitessier put on his wetsuit?
(a) Fending off icebergs.
(b) Weathering a snowstorm.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Scraping barnacles.

6. Where did Moitessier go with the other sailors when the weather was bad?
(a) Stay put.
(b) The harbor inside the concrete quay.
(c) Sail to another harbor.
(d) Sail out to sea.

7. How did Moitessier think of the bulldozers and concrete mixers?
(a) As instruments of progress bring civilization to a backward people.
(b) As slaves accomplishing diabolical capitalist motives.
(c) As robots paving over civilization.
(d) As noisy, ungraceful machines compared to his steel ship.

8. Where was Moitessier tempted to stop in Capetown?
(a) A friend's house.
(b) The Yacht Club.
(c) An old lover's house.
(d) His in-laws' house.

9. What did Moitessier dream about as he approached Cape Horn?
(a) Ice floes.
(b) Rocky shores.
(c) Fresh vegetables.
(d) Reefs.

10. What was Moitessier pondering after rounding Cape Horn?
(a) Speaking to another ship.
(b) Going to Brazil.
(c) Sailing to South Africa.
(d) Anchoring to rest.

11. How much did sails for Moitessier's boat cost in 1968?
(a) $20,000.
(b) $2,000.
(c) $200.
(d) $5,000.

12. What are reef points?
(a) Buoys that mark reefs.
(b) Lines to reduce sail area.
(c) The moment in a gale when he would reef sails.
(d) The point at which the mast hits the water in a knockdown.

13. What had conditions been like when Moitessier approached Cape Horn with his wife on an earlier voyage?
(a) Stormy.
(b) Calm.
(c) Pleasant.
(d) Foul.

14. How much water did Moitessier have after rounding Cape Horn?
(a) 40 gallons.
(b) 80 gallons.
(c) 60 gallons.
(d) 100 gallons.

15. What was Moitessier thinking about his competitors when he rounded Cape Horn?
(a) Whether they had made it.
(b) How much water they had.
(c) How much food they had.
(d) Whether they had been faster.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is pitch-poling?

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

3. Where on the Beaufort scale was the wind as Moitessier approached Cape Horn?

4. What did Moitessier imagine as he slept while he was rounding Cape Horn?

5. Where did Moitessier finally dock his boat?

(see the answer keys)

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