Author Question: In the Chinese civil service examination system a. candidates from southern China always received ... (Read 120 times)

Sufayan.ah · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

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.

Question 2

In terms of its relations with neighboring powers, the Song

a. met their ultimate demise at the hands of the Mongols.
b. was able to maintain a permanent dominance over the Jin Dynasty of the Jurchens.
c. reconquered the northern region controlled by the Uighurs.
d. learned from the mistakes of the Tang and avoided a similar fate.
e. conquered Japan, the first time that this had happened.