The correct answer is B because with B.C. its all capitals and A.D. is the same so with time you need to add periods after the letters of A.D. and B.C. and are all capital
The answer is A. a desire to retreat from society when necessary.
But, in an even bigger sense, we cannot dedicate this ground. The men we honor, living and dead, who have struggled, have consecrated it, far above low power to add or detract.