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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. Where did Moitessier ask for his package to be taken?
2. What did Moitessier use to increase leverage when he was making repairs?
3. What did Moitessier watch after rounding the Cape of Good Hope?
4. What did a porpoise do after Moitessier struck sail?
5. What had been used to make a jetty in the port at Trinidad?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Moitessier know about his competitors after rounding the Cape of Good Hope?
2. Describe Moitessier's interaction with people off the coast of Tasmania.
3. What was Moitessier afraid of after rounding the Cape of Good Hope?
4. Describe Moitessier's passage past New Zealand.
5. What was Moitessier's reason for stopping in Trinidad?
6. Describe Moitessier's progress after leaving England.
7. What dangers did Moitessier avoid as he neared Tasmania?
8. Describe the conditions during Moitessier's approach to Trinidad.
9. How did Moitessier celebrate Christmas 1968?
10. What was Moitessier's purpose for sailing close to the coast of South Africa?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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 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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