I and Thou Quizzes

I and Thou Quiz #1

1 Where was Buber born?
France

Austria

Israel

Germany
2 When was Buber born?
1856

1878

1921

1912
3 Buber’s family belonged to which religion?
Lutheran

Reformed Catholic

Presbyterian

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

Rosenzweig

Nietzsche

Luther
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 dialogue

The philosophy of speech

The philosophy of monologue
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 Office of Conversion

The Central Office for Jewish Adult Education

The Central Office for Jewish Philosophy

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

London

Paris

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

Marx

Kierkegaard

Rosenzweig
11 When was I and Thou published?
1961

1923

1945

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

English

German

Hebrew
13 When was I and Thou translated into English?
1924

1961

1937

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

Absolute I

Eternal You

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

Absolute difference

Absolute other

Specific other
16 Buber won each of the following prizes except which one?
Goethe Prize

Erasmus Prize

Nobel Prize

Friedenspreis des Detschen Buchhandels
17 When was the Afterword to I and Thou published?
1942

1969

1957

1921
18 Which Greek philosopher is associated with dialogue?
Plato

Cicero

Aristotle

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

Joyce

Goethe

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

Asceticism

Spiritualism

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

Historiography

Metaphysics

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

Ontology

Hermeneutics

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

Interpellation

Hermeneutics

Epistemology
24 Who theorizes interpellation?
Hegel

Goethe

Nietzsche

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

Political hermeneutics

Political theology

Interpellation theory

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