Thomas paine’s common sense: a. sold well among the elite, who in turn were able to convey its ideas to the lower classes. b. made highly original arguments in favor of independence. c. argued that the british governmental system was perfectly good but that current officials had corrupted it. d. led to his arrest on charges of treason, but he saved himself by writing another pamphlet taking the opposite position. e. argued that america would become the home of freedom and "an asylum for mankind."

The literature of nineteenth-century realism depicted everyday life in a realistic way. which statements show that leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich is a realist text? the description of human struggles in the form of ivan ilyich’s suffering the faithfulness of relationships that ivan ilyich experiences toward the end of his life the romantic tension that occurs between ivan ilyich and his wife the difference between superficial and authentic living the plot ending with a surprising turn of events