In the Chinese civil service examination system,
a. candidates from southern China always received the highest positions.
b. the system entirely eliminated aristocratic influence in the government bureaucracy.
c. the Song severely restricted the eligibility for taking the exams.
d. many candidates who passed the first examination did not go on to a higher level.
e. very few of the successful candidates came from the landed gentry.
d
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Which of these pairings is correct?
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The person nominated to the Supreme Court to fill the seat once held by Thurgood Marshall was:
A) Colin Powell. B) Anita Hill. C) Clarence Thomas. D) Robert Bork.
_____________ architecture and decoration originated in early eighteenth-century France, but quickly was adopted across Europe by many public buildings and churches
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