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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What had Moitessier's friends planted in the harbor?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Grass and banana trees.
(c) Poppies and hashish.
(d) Wheat and rice.
2. What did Moitessier begin to use as he approached Cape Horn?
(a) A safety harness.
(b) Radar.
(c) The radio.
(d) Headlamps.
3. What did Moitessier try to do but not do in the Falkland Islands?
(a) Pick up supplies.
(b) Give word of his position.
(c) Scrape the barnacles off the hull.
(d) Relax.
4. How much water did Moitessier have after rounding Cape Horn?
(a) 80 gallons.
(b) 60 gallons.
(c) 100 gallons.
(d) 40 gallons.
5. Whose letters did Moitessier read about passing Cape Horn?
(a) Sailors'.
(b) Other captains'.
(c) Salvage operations'.
(d) Nigel Tetley's.
6. What did Moitessier do when he was on deck as he approached Cape Horn?
(a) Studied the seas for signs of gales.
(b) Looked for signs of land.
(c) Studied books for accounts of rounding Cape Horn.
(d) Wore his safety harness.
7. Why did Moitessier ultimately decide not to round another cape?
(a) He wanted to see some friends.
(b) He was tired of fighting storms.
(c) He was running out of food.
(d) He had been knocked down too many times.
8. Who did Moitessier tell himself the figure in his daydream really was?
(a) The wealth of the ocean who supports people.
(b) The monster in the unconscious who leads men astray.
(c) The brutality of the ocean that destroys people.
(d) The Fairy Tern who guides sailors.
9. What did Moitessier imagine after he decided where he was going to end his voyage?
(a) That a seagull spoke to him.
(b) That he was pulled overboard by a fish.
(c) That he was eaten by a shark.
(d) That a flying fish landed on the boat.
10. What did Moitessier fear about going back to civilization?
(a) Being imprisoned.
(b) Being taken over.
(c) Being alone.
(d) Being confused.
11. What did Moitessier imagine as he slept while he was rounding Cape Horn?
(a) That he had forgotten something important.
(b) That his brother was telling him to sleep.
(c) That someone was looking for him.
(d) That he could not find his wife.
12. What did Moitessier feel accused of, now that he was back in civilization?
(a) Greed.
(b) Radicalism
(c) Laziness.
(d) Exceptionalism.
13. What did the letters have to say about the danger Moitessier faced as he rounded Cape Horn?
(a) They said that whales were only a danger in certain seasons.
(b) They said that icebergs were a consistent threat.
(c) They said that sharks could be dangers to whalers.
(d) They were inconsistent.
14. How much fresh water did Moitessier have to drink every day?
(a) 3 quarts.
(b) 2 quarts.
(c) 1 gallon.
(d) 1 quart.
15. What was Moitessier thinking about his competitors when he rounded Cape Horn?
(a) How much water they had.
(b) How much food they had.
(c) Whether they had made it.
(d) Whether they had been faster.
Short Answer Questions
1. What are reef points?
2. What parallel did Moitessier steer by as he headed to Cape Horn?
3. Where did Moitessier finally dock his boat?
4. What were the glowing balls Moitessier saw on the staysail and in the sea?
5. What had conditions been like when Moitessier approached Cape Horn with his wife on an earlier voyage?
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