My intent is simply to amuse the audience, to give them some joy to remember later in their dreary week. Based on the context of this sentence, which would be the best synonym for amuse

C) Entertain—to provide entertainment for; divert

Explanation:

Based on the context of the above sentence, the best synonym for the word 'amuse' would be 'entertain—to provide entertainment for; divert'.

The sentence talks about amusing a group of people, an audience, therefore the speaker is possibly an entertainer.

As an entertainer, it would only make sense that the speaker's intent is to entertain the people and divert their minds to something funny or laughter when they are having a dreary week.

pretty sure 1.someone's coat was found in the lobby.  

answer: they were written as a long tale

explanation:

i googled it.