Unit 10: Prescribed texts (open-book Paper 2)
Topic 10.7: The Revolt of the Masses — Ortega y Gasset Questions
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How is a prescribed text like Ortega's assessed?
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True or false? Ortega's 'mass man' means the poor and the working class.
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The 'elitist snobbery' reading of Ortega says that:
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How does the 'select' person differ from the mass man?
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True or false? For Ortega, the 'revolt' is essentially a violent uprising.
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Ortega's 'revolt of the masses' is best described as:
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Which best captures the three marks of the mass man?
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Ortega's 'spoilt child' image means the mass man:
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Ortega's 'crisis of civilization' is the worry that:
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Ortega thinks the REAL fault of the mass man is:
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The 'real warning' reading of Ortega says that:
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True or false? A strong Paper-2 part (b) answer must reach a reasoned judgement, not just describe Ortega.
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For Ortega, the word 'noble' means:
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The RESULT of the revolt, for Ortega, is that:
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True or false? Ortega's 'noble life' means being born into the upper class.
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A strong objection to Ortega's select/mass division is that:
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The core change at the heart of the revolt, for Ortega, is that the mass man:
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Why does Ortega think civilization is fragile?
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A fair objection to Ortega's picture of the revolt is that:
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