The Chinese civil service examination system
A. included a quota system to ensure that over one-half of those who took it were peasants.
B. insured that those passing all levels of the exams would receive life-long pensions.
C. was designed to keep the "scholar-gentry" from taking the advanced examinations.
D. was no longer used after the early 600s.
E. was unable to solve the problem of officials using their positions to help their relatives.
Answer: E
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