I and Thou Quizzes

I and Thou Quiz #1

1 Where was Buber born?
Israel

France

Austria

Germany
2 When was Buber born?
1856

1878

1921

1912
3 Buber’s family belonged to which religion?
Reformed Catholic

Presbyterian

Lutheran

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

Luther

Kierkegaard

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

Luther

Nietzsche

Rousseau
6 With what philosophy is Buber associated?
The philosophy of speech

The philosophy of dialogue

The philosophy of monologue

The philosophy of language
7 What was the name of the periodical Buber edited?
Die Welt

Der Spiegel

The Times

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

The Central Office for Jewish Philosophy

The Office of Religious Freedom

The Office of Conversion
9 Where did Buber move in 1938?
London

Jerusalem

Paris

Berlin
10 Which of the following is the name of another Jewish philosopher with whom Buber corresponded?
Hegel

Marx

Rosenzweig

Kierkegaard
11 When was I and Thou published?
1945

1923

1961

1912
12 In what language was I and Thou originally published?
English

German

Hebrew

French
13 When was I and Thou translated into English?
1961

1937

1924

1942
14 Which of the following is closest to the concept of God?
Eternal You

Absolute I

Absolute We

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

Absolute other

Absolute difference

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

Erasmus Prize

Nobel Prize

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

1957

1921

1942
18 Which Greek philosopher is associated with dialogue?
Plato

Aristotle

Cicero

Socrates
19 Which novelist does Buber associate with I-You?
Austen

Joyce

Goethe

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

Asceticism

Sorcery

Hedonism
21 What branch of philosophy is concerned with knowledge?
Theology

Metaphysics

Epistemology

Historiography
22 What branch of philosophy is concerned with being?
Hermeneutics

Sociology

Ontology

Theology
23 What is the term associated with “hailing” subjects?
Taxi-calling

Hermeneutics

Epistemology

Interpellation
24 Who theorizes interpellation?
Nietzsche

Althusser

Hegel

Goethe
25 What is the name for philosophies that use concepts from religion to explore social and political questions?
Political theology

Divine provocation

Interpellation theory

Political hermeneutics

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