What type of character is Mrs. Sparsit by the end of Book II? Select all that apply.

In Charles Dickens's novel Hard Times, Mrs. Sparsit is a snooping, manipulative, and jealous woman. At one time, Mrs. Sparsit was a woman of high social status because she had married well, but her marriage fell apart, and she is no longer living in high society.

answer: common sense was the pamphlet that thomas paine used to convince reluctant americans to abandon the goal of reconciling with britain and to accept that independence was the only option to preserve their liberty.