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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. Why did Moitessier have this fear about making this mistake?
2. What did Moitessier see around his boat after passing Tasmania?
3. What did Moitessier want to send to the Sunday Times?
4. What kind of boat did Moitessier sail in the race?
5. What did Moitessier ultimately pass to the freighter?
Short Essay Questions
1. What equipment did Moitessier refuse to take with him?
2. Describe the fish that followed Moitessier's boat.
3. Describe Moitessier's first knockdown on the round-the-world trip.
4. Where did Moitessier get his water?
5. What was the old Taicong legend that Moitessier recalled when he was approaching Cape of Leeuwin?
6. Describe Moitessier's interaction with people off the coast of Tasmania.
7. What company did Moitessier have after rounding Cape of Leeuwin?
8. Describe Moitessier's voyage after rounding the Cape of Good Hope.
9. What legend did Moitessier think about after his incident with the porpoises?
10. What event does his interaction with the freighter make Moitessier think back to?
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
Was Moitessier's decision to abandon the race and head to Tahiti to see friends predicted in anything Moitessier said in the early part of the book? Was he being self-consistent, or did he discover something that changed his mind, to keep sailing to Tahiti?
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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