Plays based on the lives of saints were known as A) "Miracle Plays"
Answer:
B. a condensed
Explanation:
In the context of time, abbreviated means shorter. When it comes to play, this shortening is usually done by omitting some of the scenes or dialogue.
In this sense, this word can be replaced by word "condense" since we are talking about fitting something longer lasting into shorter period of time.
Of course, one should not forget that these two words aren't synonyms, and that they mustn't be used as such in every context.
It has been 62 years since santiago nasar has died
Answer: To entertain
Explanation: The primary purpose of the crab that played with the sea is to provide entertainment to the readers as the author does this by the imagination of the creation done by the eldest magician.
The excerpt is given as thus: "Before the high and far-off times, o my best beloved, came the time of the very beginnings; and that was in the days when the eldest magician was getting things ready...one by one he took all the beasts and birds and fishes and told them what to play at"
