I don't know of a tool that can perform the process on a whole drawing at once, but if you've only got a small number to deal with, there is a simple manual approach:
1) Select the arc or curve
2) Convert to path (not required if you've already got a path, but needed for arcs, ellipses, circles, etc.)
3) Switch to node tool
4) CTRL-A to select all the nodes
5) Repeatedly press the INSERT key on your keyboard to add new nodes until you think there are enough of them to do a good job of representing the line
6) All the nodes should still be selected. Click the "Make segments lines" button in the tool control bar