I and Thou Quizzes

I and Thou Quiz #1

1 Where was Buber born?
France

Austria

Israel

Germany
2 When was Buber born?
1878

1921

1912

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

Presbyterian

Orthodox Judaism

Reformed Catholic
4 Who is a Christian philosopher Buber studied?
Luther

Kierkegaard

Nietzsche

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

Rousseau

Nietzsche

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

The philosophy of speech

The philosophy of dialogue

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

The Times

The Guardian

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

The Office of Religious Freedom

The Central Office for Jewish Philosophy

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

Jerusalem

London

Paris
10 Which of the following is the name of another Jewish philosopher with whom Buber corresponded?
Marx

Rosenzweig

Kierkegaard

Hegel
11 When was I and Thou published?
1961

1912

1945

1923
12 In what language was I and Thou originally published?
Hebrew

English

German

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 We

Absolute I

Absolute We

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

Eternal We

Absolute other

Specific 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?
1957

1969

1942

1921
18 Which Greek philosopher is associated with dialogue?
Socrates

Cicero

Plato

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

Joyce

Woolf

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

Sorcery

Spiritualism

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

Metaphysics

Theology

Epistemology
22 What branch of philosophy is concerned with being?
Sociology

Ontology

Theology

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

Taxi-calling

Interpellation

Hermeneutics
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

Interpellation theory

Political hermeneutics

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