If you have a choice of questions to answer on an essay test, which questions should you answer first?

Answer the questions you know a lot about first. This lets you earn points on material you understand and build confidence before spending time on more difficult questions. Choosing questions only because they are worth fewer points or call for a five-paragraph essay does not necessarily make them the best place to start. The correct choice is “The questions that you know a lot about so you can then focus on the more difficult ones.”

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