I and Thou Quizzes

I and Thou Quiz #1

1 Where was Buber born?

France

Austria

Germany

Israel
2 When was Buber born?

1856

1878

1912

1921
3 Buber’s family belonged to which religion?

Lutheran

Presbyterian

Orthodox Judaism

Reformed Catholic
4 Who is a Christian philosopher Buber studied?

Luther

Nietzsche

Rosenzweig

Kierkegaard
5 Who theorized the “death of God”?

Luther

Kant

Nietzsche

Rousseau
6 With what philosophy is Buber associated?

The philosophy of language

The philosophy of dialogue

The philosophy of speech

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

The Times

The Guardian

Die Welt

Der Spiegel
8 Which Office did Buber found?

The Central Office for Jewish Philosophy

The Central Office for Jewish Adult Education

The Office of Conversion

The Office of Religious Freedom
9 Where did Buber move in 1938?

Berlin

London

Paris

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

Rosenzweig

Marx

Kierkegaard

Hegel
11 When was I and Thou published?

1912

1961

1923

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

Hebrew

French

German

English
13 When was I and Thou translated into English?

1961

1937

1924

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

Eternal We

Absolute We

Absolute I

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

Absolute other

Absolute difference

Eternal We

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

Goethe Prize

Erasmus Prize

Nobel Prize

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

1957

1942

1921

1969
18 Which Greek philosopher is associated with dialogue?

Cicero

Aristotle

Socrates

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

Joyce

Woolf

Goethe

Austen
20 Which term is associated with renouncing worldly pleasure?

Spiritualism

Hedonism

Sorcery

Asceticism
21 What branch of philosophy is concerned with knowledge?

Theology

Historiography

Metaphysics

Epistemology
22 What branch of philosophy is concerned with being?

Ontology

Theology

Sociology

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

Hermeneutics

Interpellation

Epistemology

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?

Interpellation theory

Political theology

Divine provocation

Political hermeneutics

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