Which strategy is suggested for handling easy questions during a timed reading section?

• A. Skip easy questions to save time for harder ones.
• B. Revisit all easy questions after finishing the last passage.
• C. Guess on every easy question without considering context.
• D. Rewrite the questions to confuse yourself.

Answer: (C)

The main idea is to manage time by securing quick points on easy questions. In a timed reading section, you don’t want to spend precious minutes wrestling with items that don’t require deep reading. For those easy questions, giving a prompt answer or an educated guess and moving on helps you stay on schedule and frees up time for harder questions where careful reading and analysis pay off. You can often get a good guess by using quick cues from the question or by eliminating clearly wrong options, without trying to fully connect every easy item back to the passage. If time allows, you can revisit uncertain items later, but the primary strategy is to handle the easy ones quickly and avoid overthinking them.