I and Thou Quizzes

I and Thou Quiz #1

1 Where was Buber born?
Austria

Israel

France

Germany
2 When was Buber born?
1912

1878

1856

1921
3 Buber’s family belonged to which religion?
Presbyterian

Orthodox Judaism

Reformed Catholic

Lutheran
4 Who is a Christian philosopher Buber studied?
Nietzsche

Rosenzweig

Kierkegaard

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

Rousseau

Luther

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

The philosophy of speech

The philosophy of language

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

The Guardian

Die Welt

Der Spiegel
8 Which Office did Buber found?
The Central Office for Jewish Philosophy

The Office of Conversion

The Central Office for Jewish Adult Education

The Office of Religious Freedom
9 Where did Buber move in 1938?
Paris

Jerusalem

Berlin

London
10 Which of the following is the name of another Jewish philosopher with whom Buber corresponded?
Kierkegaard

Hegel

Marx

Rosenzweig
11 When was I and Thou published?
1912

1945

1923

1961
12 In what language was I and Thou originally published?
English

French

Hebrew

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

1924

1937

1961
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

Specific other

Absolute difference
16 Buber won each of the following prizes except which one?
Goethe Prize

Nobel Prize

Erasmus Prize

Friedenspreis des Detschen Buchhandels
17 When was the Afterword to I and Thou published?
1921

1957

1969

1942
18 Which Greek philosopher is associated with dialogue?
Cicero

Socrates

Plato

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

Goethe

Joyce

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

Spiritualism

Sorcery

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

Historiography

Epistemology

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

Sociology

Ontology

Theology
23 What is the term associated with “hailing” subjects?
Epistemology

Hermeneutics

Taxi-calling

Interpellation
24 Who theorizes interpellation?
Althusser

Goethe

Nietzsche

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

Political theology

Political hermeneutics

Interpellation theory

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