economic and cultural advances.

　　（B） The Byzantine cultural revival lasted until 1453.

　　（C） The Byzantine economic recovery began in the

　　900's.

　　（D） The revival of Byzantine learning began toward

　　the end of the eighth century.

　　（E） By the early eleventh century the Byzantine

　　Empire had regained much of its lost territory.

　　7. According to the author， “The common explanation”

　　（line 28） of connections between economic， military，

　　and cultural development is

　　（A） revolutionary and too new to have been applied

　　to the history of the Byzantine Empire

　　（B） reasonable， but an antiquated theory of the nature

　　of progress

　　（C） not applicable to the Byzantine revival as a whole，

　　but does perhaps accurately describe limited

　　periods during the revival

　　（D） equally applicable to the Byzantine case as a

　　whole and to the history of military， economic，

　　and cultural advances in ancient Greece and

　　Rome

　　（E） essentially not helpful， because military， economic，

　　and cultural advances are part of a single

　　phenomenon

　　Passage 3

　　In 1896 a Georgia couple suing for damages in the

　　accidental death of their two year old was told that since

　　the child had made no real economic contribution to the

　　family， there was no liability for damages. In contrast，