I and Thou Quizzes

I and Thou Quiz #1

1 Where was Buber born?

France

Germany

Israel

Austria
2 When was Buber born?

1921

1856

1912

1878
3 Buber’s family belonged to which religion?

Reformed Catholic

Orthodox Judaism

Lutheran

Presbyterian
4 Who is a Christian philosopher Buber studied?

Rosenzweig

Kierkegaard

Luther

Nietzsche
5 Who theorized the “death of God”?

Nietzsche

Luther

Rousseau

Kant
6 With what philosophy is Buber associated?

The philosophy of dialogue

The philosophy of speech

The philosophy of language

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

The Times

Die Welt

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?

Paris

Berlin

London

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

Marx

Kierkegaard

Rosenzweig

Hegel
11 When was I and Thou published?

1961

1945

1912

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

Hebrew

German

English

French
13 When was I and Thou translated into English?

1937

1961

1942

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

Absolute I

Eternal We

Eternal You

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

Absolute difference

Absolute other

Specific other

Eternal We
16 Buber won each of the following prizes except which one?

Nobel Prize

Goethe Prize

Erasmus Prize

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

1969

1957

1921

1942
18 Which Greek philosopher is associated with dialogue?

Socrates

Cicero

Aristotle

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

Austen

Goethe

Joyce

Woolf
20 Which term is associated with renouncing worldly pleasure?

Asceticism

Sorcery

Hedonism

Spiritualism
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?

Taxi-calling

Hermeneutics

Epistemology

Interpellation
24 Who theorizes interpellation?

Althusser

Goethe

Hegel

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

Political theology

Interpellation theory

Divine provocation

Political hermeneutics

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