I and Thou Quizzes

I and Thou Quiz #1

1 Where was Buber born?
Israel

Germany

France

Austria
2 When was Buber born?
1856

1912

1878

1921
3 Buber’s family belonged to which religion?
Reformed Catholic

Orthodox Judaism

Presbyterian

Lutheran
4 Who is a Christian philosopher Buber studied?
Nietzsche

Kierkegaard

Rosenzweig

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

Luther

Nietzsche

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

The philosophy of language

The philosophy of monologue

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

The Times

Der Spiegel

The Guardian
8 Which Office did Buber found?
The Office of Conversion

The Central Office for Jewish Philosophy

The Office of Religious Freedom

The Central Office for Jewish Adult Education
9 Where did Buber move in 1938?
Paris

London

Jerusalem

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

Hegel

Kierkegaard

Rosenzweig
11 When was I and Thou published?
1923

1912

1961

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

French

Hebrew

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

1937

1961

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

Eternal You

Absolute I

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

Specific other

Absolute difference

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

Nobel Prize

Erasmus Prize

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

1921

1942

1957
18 Which Greek philosopher is associated with dialogue?
Aristotle

Cicero

Socrates

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

Goethe

Woolf

Joyce
20 Which term is associated with renouncing worldly pleasure?
Sorcery

Asceticism

Hedonism

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

Metaphysics

Historiography

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

Hermeneutics

Theology

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

Taxi-calling

Epistemology

Interpellation
24 Who theorizes interpellation?
Hegel

Nietzsche

Althusser

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

Political theology

Divine provocation

Interpellation theory

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