I and Thou Quizzes

I and Thou Quiz #1

1 Where was Buber born?
Austria

France

Germany

Israel
2 When was Buber born?
1878

1912

1921

1856
3 Buber’s family belonged to which religion?
Lutheran

Presbyterian

Reformed Catholic

Orthodox Judaism
4 Who is a Christian philosopher Buber studied?
Luther

Nietzsche

Rosenzweig

Kierkegaard
5 Who theorized the “death of God”?
Nietzsche

Rousseau

Luther

Kant
6 With what philosophy is Buber associated?
The philosophy of language

The philosophy of monologue

The philosophy of speech

The philosophy of dialogue
7 What was the name of the periodical Buber edited?
Der Spiegel

Die Welt

The Guardian

The Times
8 Which Office did Buber found?
The Central Office for Jewish Adult Education

The Office of Conversion

The Office of Religious Freedom

The Central Office for Jewish Philosophy
9 Where did Buber move in 1938?
London

Paris

Berlin

Jerusalem
10 Which of the following is the name of another Jewish philosopher with whom Buber corresponded?
Rosenzweig

Marx

Hegel

Kierkegaard
11 When was I and Thou published?
1923

1961

1912

1945
12 In what language was I and Thou originally published?
German

French

English

Hebrew
13 When was I and Thou translated into English?
1942

1961

1937

1924
14 Which of the following is closest to the concept of God?
Eternal We

Absolute I

Absolute We

Eternal You
15 The eternal You in Buber is nearest to what in the philosophy of Rosenzweig?
Eternal We

Absolute difference

Specific other

Absolute other
16 Buber won each of the following prizes except which one?
Friedenspreis des Detschen Buchhandels

Goethe Prize

Nobel Prize

Erasmus Prize
17 When was the Afterword to I and Thou published?
1969

1957

1921

1942
18 Which Greek philosopher is associated with dialogue?
Socrates

Plato

Cicero

Aristotle
19 Which novelist does Buber associate with I-You?
Joyce

Goethe

Austen

Woolf
20 Which term is associated with renouncing worldly pleasure?
Hedonism

Asceticism

Sorcery

Spiritualism
21 What branch of philosophy is concerned with knowledge?
Epistemology

Historiography

Theology

Metaphysics
22 What branch of philosophy is concerned with being?
Theology

Sociology

Hermeneutics

Ontology
23 What is the term associated with “hailing” subjects?
Interpellation

Taxi-calling

Hermeneutics

Epistemology
24 Who theorizes interpellation?
Althusser

Nietzsche

Goethe

Hegel
25 What is the name for philosophies that use concepts from religion to explore social and political questions?
Interpellation theory

Political theology

Divine provocation

Political hermeneutics

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