Quiz for Document 19-2: Abbé Sieyès, What Is the Third Estate? (1789)

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   According to Sieyès, which of the following was responsible for the economic prosperity of the nation?

   A.

   The first estate

   B.

   The second estate

   C.

   The third estate

   D.

   The combined efforts of all three estates

   According to Sieyès, which of the following was responsible for the economic prosperity of the nation?

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   How did Sieyès define the French nation?

   A.

   The people of the Third Estate, who obey the same laws, hold no legal privileges, and are represented by the same legislature

   B.

   A group of citizens made up of the clergy, nobility, and Third Estate, all represented by elected officials

   C.

   The army, courts, Catholic Church, and royal administrators

   D.

   A constitutional monarchy in union with the Catholic Church and three estates

   How did Sieyès define the French nation?

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   What political action did Sieyès’s definition of the French nation suggest?

   A.

   Establishing a constitutional monarchy

   B.

   Dissolving the estates system

   C.

   Overthrowing the monarchy

   D.

   Instituting a social contract among the three estates

   What political action did Sieyès’s definition of the French nation suggest?

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   4. How did Sieyès view the advantages enjoyed by citizens who were male, wealthy, and educated?

   A.

   As privileges to be shared equally with nonwealthy, uneducated, or female citizens

   B.

   As fair and just benefits of belonging to the social system’s upper levels

   C.

   As benefits that others could achieve through hard work and education

   D.

   As questions to be considered on a case-by-case basis, depending on the individual involved

   4. How did Sieyès view the advantages enjoyed by citizens who were male, wealthy, and educated?