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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 were conditions like after Moitessier passed the Cape of Good Hope?

2. What did Moitessier see around his boat after passing Tasmania?

3. What were the conditions when Moitessier passed the Cape Agulhas lighthouse?

4. What did Moitessier use to increase leverage when he was making repairs?

5. How did Moitessier communicate with the freighter at first?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the old Taicong legend that Moitessier recalled when he was approaching Cape of Leeuwin?

2. What event does his interaction with the freighter make Moitessier think back to?

3. Describe the harbor where Moitessier arrived in Trinidad.

4. How did Moitessier celebrate Christmas 1968?

5. Describe Moitessier's interaction with people off the coast of Tasmania.

6. Who were the sailors competing with Moitessier in the round-the-world race?

7. Describe the fish that followed Moitessier's boat.

8. How did Moitessier plan to communicate at sea?

9. Describe Moitessier's first knockdown on the round-the-world trip.

10. What was Moitessier afraid of after rounding the Cape of Good Hope?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was Moitessier's relationship with his wife like? What does his solo round-the-world trip tell us about his views of marriage and intimacy? What role did his wife play in his solitude?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Moitessier's history as a sailor, and characterize the place this trip had in his development as a sailor. What, if anything, was he intent on learning or proving by making this trip?

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