The Chinese civil service examination system
(A) included a quota system to insure 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) required that candidates memorize the several Confucian classic works.
Answer: E.