I and Thou Quizzes

I and Thou Quiz #1

1 Where was Buber born?
Austria

Germany

France

Israel
2 When was Buber born?
1921

1856

1878

1912
3 Buber’s family belonged to which religion?
Presbyterian

Reformed Catholic

Orthodox Judaism

Lutheran
4 Who is a Christian philosopher Buber studied?
Nietzsche

Luther

Rosenzweig

Kierkegaard
5 Who theorized the “death of God”?
Nietzsche

Kant

Rousseau

Luther
6 With what philosophy is Buber associated?
The philosophy of language

The philosophy of monologue

The philosophy of dialogue

The philosophy of speech
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 Office of Religious Freedom

The Office of Conversion

The Central Office for Jewish Adult Education

The Central Office for Jewish Philosophy
9 Where did Buber move in 1938?
Paris

London

Berlin

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?
1945

1923

1961

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

English

Hebrew

German
13 When was I and Thou translated into English?
1924

1961

1937

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

Eternal We

Absolute We

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

Specific other

Absolute other

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

Friedenspreis des Detschen Buchhandels

Nobel Prize

Goethe Prize
17 When was the Afterword to I and Thou published?
1942

1969

1921

1957
18 Which Greek philosopher is associated with dialogue?
Plato

Socrates

Cicero

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

Woolf

Joyce

Goethe
20 Which term is associated with renouncing worldly pleasure?
Asceticism

Sorcery

Spiritualism

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

Epistemology

Theology

Metaphysics
22 What branch of philosophy is concerned with being?
Sociology

Ontology

Theology

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

Interpellation

Taxi-calling

Hermeneutics
24 Who theorizes interpellation?
Nietzsche

Althusser

Goethe

Hegel
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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