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Once Kublai Khan took control of China, many of the region's highly educated former government officials were out of work. What did this elite group do instead?

They took jobs from the lower classes, to earn money to feed their families.

They went into exile in India, where they waited until the Mongols grew tired of China.

They turned to the arts as a means of creative expression.

They plotted a rebellion against Kublai Khan, a force that eventually overthrew him.

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They turned to the arts as a means of creative expression.

Many displaced scholar-officials became recluses, teachers, poets, painters and calligraphers, pursuing literary and artistic life rather than government service.