The Princeton Review - Princeton Review PSAT 8_9 Prep-Random House Children's Books (2021)

C) Tokyo.
D) Doha.
On this question, you’ll almost certainly be able to eliminate two of
the four choices by using POE. That means you’re still not sure of the
answer. You know that the capital of Qatar has to be either Doha or
Dukhan, but you don’t know which.
Should you skip the question and go on? Or should you guess?
Close Your Eyes and Point
There is no guessing penalty on the PSAT 8/9, so you should bubble
something for every question. If you get down to two answers, just
pick one of them. There’s no harm in doing so.
You’re going to hear a lot of mixed opinions about what you should
bubble or whether you should bubble at all. Let’s clear up a few
misconceptions about guessing.
FALSE: Don’t answer a question unless you’re absolutely sure of the
answer.
You will almost certainly have teachers and school
counselors who tell you this. Don’t listen to them! While
the SAT used to penalize students for wrong answers
prior to 2016, no tests in the current “Suite of
Assessments” do this now. Put something down for every
question: you might get a freebie.
FALSE: If you have to guess, guess (C).
This is a weird misconception, and obviously it’s not true.
As a general rule, if someone says something really weirdsounding
about the PSAT 8/9, it’s safest not to trust that
information. (And we at The Princeton Review have gone