I and Thou Quizzes

I and Thou Quiz #1

1 Where was Buber born?

France

Israel

Austria

Germany
2 When was Buber born?

1856

1921

1912

1878
3 Buber’s family belonged to which religion?

Lutheran

Reformed Catholic

Presbyterian

Orthodox Judaism
4 Who is a Christian philosopher Buber studied?

Rosenzweig

Nietzsche

Luther

Kierkegaard
5 Who theorized the “death of God”?

Luther

Rousseau

Kant

Nietzsche
6 With what philosophy is Buber associated?

The philosophy of dialogue

The philosophy of monologue

The philosophy of speech

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

The Times

The Guardian

Der Spiegel

Die Welt
8 Which Office did Buber found?

The Office of Religious Freedom

The Central Office for Jewish Philosophy

The Central Office for Jewish Adult Education

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

Jerusalem

Paris

London

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?

1961

1945

1923

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

Hebrew

German

French

English
13 When was I and Thou translated into English?

1942

1937

1961

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

Eternal You

Absolute We

Eternal We

Absolute I
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

Friedenspreis des Detschen Buchhandels

Goethe Prize

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

1921

1942

1969

1957
18 Which Greek philosopher is associated with dialogue?

Cicero

Plato

Socrates

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

Goethe

Joyce

Austen

Woolf
20 Which term is associated with renouncing worldly pleasure?

Spiritualism

Asceticism

Hedonism

Sorcery
21 What branch of philosophy is concerned with knowledge?

Metaphysics

Theology

Historiography

Epistemology
22 What branch of philosophy is concerned with being?

Hermeneutics

Ontology

Sociology

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

Interpellation

Epistemology

Hermeneutics

Taxi-calling
24 Who theorizes interpellation?

Goethe

Althusser

Hegel

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

Divine provocation

Political hermeneutics

Interpellation theory

Political theology

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