The Following Is an Excerpt from "What Is the Third

question 26

Multiple Choice

The following is an excerpt from "What Is the Third Estate?" by the abbé Sieyès (Evaluating the Evidence 19.2) : "By Third Estate is meant the collectivity of citizens who belong to the common order. Anybody who holds a legal privilege of any kind leaves that common order, stands as an exception to the common law, and in consequence does not belong to the Third Estate. . . . It is certain that the moment a citizen acquires privileges contrary to common law, he no longer belongs to the common order. His new interest is opposed to the general interest; he has no right to vote in the name of the people. . . ."
According to Sieyès, once one acquires a legal privilege, one

• A)becomes a member of the common order.
• B)loses the right to vote in the name of the people.
• C)begins to acquire an exaggerated sense of importance.
• D)becomes something less than human.

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