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The Boston Red Sox owner was likely to be...
a) sorry that he sold Ruth to the New York Yankees.
b) glad that he sold Ruth to the New York Yankees.
c) able to find a good replacement for Ruth.
d) bankrupt after selling Ruth.


347. In 1918 the Boston Red Sox seemed to own the World Series. They had won it five times. That was more than any other team up to that point. Boston's star player was pitcher-outfielder George Herman "Babe" Ruth. But in 1920. The Rod Sox owner sold Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees. Babe then led the Yankees to four World Series victories. HC also set Major League home run records. (They have since been broken.) New Yorkers nicknamed Ruth 'the Bambino." Meanwhile, once-mighty Boston wallowed in defeat. Discouraged fans called their bad luck the "Curse of the Bambino." The Red Sox did not return to the World Series again until 1946. They lost that series as well as three more during the next five decades. The Red Sox's fortunes finally changed in 2004. Boston beat the Yankees to win the American League championship. The they swept the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series. The Curse of the Bambino had finally been lifted!
The Curse of the Bambino lasted for...
a) about 20 years b) much less than 84 years
c) approximately 46 years d) more than 80 years
348. If a Roman emperor wanted to read a book, he had to unroll it. Books were written on long scrolls like a roll of paper towels. This was clumsy, especially if you were looking for a certain passage. Around A.D. 100, the codex was invented. It had a stack of pages stitched together at the side and protected by a cover. The codex was easier to carry around, to store, and to search through. Books we read today look something like a codex. In the Middle Ages, monks made books. They copied them by hand onto prepared animal skins called parchment. The monks often decorated the pages with beautiful color illustrations called illuminations. Books were scarce and very expensive. Few people who were not priests or monks could read.
A