Condensing the book war and peace into a few short paragraphs of main ideas is an example of

a. rephrasing
b. recalling
c. summarizing
d. synthesizing

C.summarizing

Explanation:

Rephrasing would keep the book about the same size. To synthesize, you need to provide original ideas derived from the book. To summarize is defined as to "give a brief statement of the main points of (something)". Since the question asks about what is called to condense in short paragraphs with main ideas, the answer is C.