The Priest Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès Argued in a Pamphlet That the Third

question 34

Multiple Choice

The priest Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès argued in a pamphlet that the Third Estate should itself be:

• A) The source of all Catholic priests, rather than the First Estate.
• B) Taxed more heavily than the other two Estates, since it constituted the bulk of the population.
• C) Forbidden to purchase noble titles, which had enabled some to enter the Second Estate.
• D) The "national assembly", since it represented the will of the nation.

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Definitions:

Critical Thinking

The ability to analyze facts, generate and organize ideas, defend opinions, make comparisons, draw inferences, evaluate arguments and solve problems.

Confirmation Bias

The tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses.

Framing Effect

The influence on decision making caused by the way information is presented, rather than the actual information itself.

Base-Rate Error

A cognitive bias where people misjudge the likelihood of an event by ignoring general prevalence.