I and Thou Quizzes

I and Thou Quiz #1

1 Where was Buber born?
Israel

France

Germany

Austria
2 When was Buber born?
1878

1856

1912

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

Orthodox Judaism

Presbyterian

Lutheran
4 Who is a Christian philosopher Buber studied?
Nietzsche

Rosenzweig

Kierkegaard

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

Nietzsche

Rousseau

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

The philosophy of speech

The philosophy of dialogue

The philosophy of language
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 Central Office for Jewish Philosophy

The Office of Conversion

The Office of Religious Freedom

The Central Office for Jewish Adult Education
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?
Rosenzweig

Kierkegaard

Hegel

Marx
11 When was I and Thou published?
1923

1961

1912

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

German

Hebrew

English
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

Absolute I

Absolute We

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

Eternal We

Absolute difference

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

Friedenspreis des Detschen Buchhandels

Erasmus Prize

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

1957

1921

1942
18 Which Greek philosopher is associated with dialogue?
Socrates

Aristotle

Plato

Cicero
19 Which novelist does Buber associate with I-You?
Woolf

Joyce

Goethe

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

Spiritualism

Asceticism

Hedonism
21 What branch of philosophy is concerned with knowledge?
Metaphysics

Theology

Historiography

Epistemology
22 What branch of philosophy is concerned with being?
Hermeneutics

Ontology

Theology

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

Taxi-calling

Interpellation

Hermeneutics
24 Who theorizes interpellation?
Nietzsche

Hegel

Goethe

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

Divine provocation

Political theology

Political hermeneutics

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