What is the Third Estate" Quiz
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What was the focus of Sieyes's famous pamphlet?

  • Shaping the demands of the Third Estate during the period of elections to the Estates General (correct)
  • Arguing for the preservation of the monarchy
  • Advocating for the rights of the clergy in the Estates General
  • Promoting the interests of the nobility
  • What position did Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyes hold in the diocese of Chartres?

  • Cardinal
  • Vicar-general (correct)
  • Priest
  • Bishop
  • In what year was Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyes's pamphlet 'What is the Third Estate' published?

  • 1788
  • 1790
  • 1776
  • 1789 (correct)
  • What did Sieyes's pamphlet define for the representatives of the Third Estate?

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    What did Sieyes's pamphlet elaborate principles for, which became fundamental in the subsequent development of revolutionary ideology?

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    Sieyes's Pamphlet

    • The focus of Sieyes's famous pamphlet was the Third Estate.

    Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyes's Position

    • Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyes held the position of a clergyman in the diocese of Chartres.

    Publication Year

    • Sieyes's pamphlet 'What is the Third Estate' was published in 1789.

    Definition for the Representatives

    • Sieyes's pamphlet defined the representatives of the Third Estate as the nation itself, stating that the Third Estate is everything.

    Principles Elaboration

    • Sieyes's pamphlet elaborated principles for the National Assembly, which became fundamental in the subsequent development of revolutionary ideology.

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    Test your knowledge of the revolutionary pamphlet "What is the Third Estate" by Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès. Explore the rhetorical force and revolutionary logic in this influential text from 1789.

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