I and Thou Quizzes

I and Thou Quiz #1

1 Where was Buber born?

Austria

Israel

France

Germany
2 When was Buber born?

1856

1921

1912

1878
3 Buber’s family belonged to which religion?

Presbyterian

Lutheran

Orthodox Judaism

Reformed Catholic
4 Who is a Christian philosopher Buber studied?

Kierkegaard

Rosenzweig

Nietzsche

Luther
5 Who theorized the “death of God”?

Nietzsche

Rousseau

Kant

Luther
6 With what philosophy is Buber associated?

The philosophy of language

The philosophy of dialogue

The philosophy of monologue

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

The Guardian

The Times

Der Spiegel

Die Welt
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?

Jerusalem

London

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

1912

1923

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

English

Hebrew

German

French
13 When was I and Thou translated into English?

1961

1942

1937

1924
14 Which of the following is closest to the concept of God?

Absolute We

Absolute I

Eternal You

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

Absolute other

Eternal We

Specific other

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

Nobel Prize

Goethe Prize

Friedenspreis des Detschen Buchhandels

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

1957

1921

1942

1969
18 Which Greek philosopher is associated with dialogue?

Plato

Socrates

Cicero

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

Austen

Joyce

Goethe

Woolf
20 Which term is associated with renouncing worldly pleasure?

Asceticism

Sorcery

Spiritualism

Hedonism
21 What branch of philosophy is concerned with knowledge?

Metaphysics

Historiography

Epistemology

Theology
22 What branch of philosophy is concerned with being?

Sociology

Hermeneutics

Theology

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

Hermeneutics

Epistemology

Interpellation

Taxi-calling
24 Who theorizes interpellation?

Althusser

Nietzsche

Goethe

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

Divine provocation

Interpellation theory

Political theology

Political hermeneutics

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