I and Thou Quizzes

I and Thou Quiz #1

1 Where was Buber born?

Israel

France

Austria

Germany
2 When was Buber born?

1878

1921

1912

1856
3 Buber’s family belonged to which religion?

Presbyterian

Reformed Catholic

Lutheran

Orthodox Judaism
4 Who is a Christian philosopher Buber studied?

Nietzsche

Kierkegaard

Rosenzweig

Luther
5 Who theorized the “death of God”?

Kant

Rousseau

Luther

Nietzsche
6 With what philosophy is Buber associated?

The philosophy of language

The philosophy of dialogue

The philosophy of monologue

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

The Guardian

Der Spiegel

Die Welt

The Times
8 Which Office did Buber found?

The Central Office for Jewish Adult Education

The Central Office for Jewish Philosophy

The Office of Religious Freedom

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

London

Paris

Jerusalem

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

Marx

Rosenzweig

Kierkegaard

Hegel
11 When was I and Thou published?

1945

1912

1961

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

French

English

Hebrew

German
13 When was I and Thou translated into English?

1924

1942

1937

1961
14 Which of the following is closest to the concept of God?

Eternal You

Eternal We

Absolute I

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

Specific other

Absolute other

Absolute difference

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

Goethe Prize

Nobel Prize

Friedenspreis des Detschen Buchhandels

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

1942

1969

1921

1957
18 Which Greek philosopher is associated with dialogue?

Aristotle

Plato

Cicero

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

Austen

Joyce

Goethe

Woolf
20 Which term is associated with renouncing worldly pleasure?

Asceticism

Spiritualism

Hedonism

Sorcery
21 What branch of philosophy is concerned with knowledge?

Epistemology

Metaphysics

Theology

Historiography
22 What branch of philosophy is concerned with being?

Hermeneutics

Theology

Ontology

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

Epistemology

Interpellation

Taxi-calling

Hermeneutics
24 Who theorizes interpellation?

Althusser

Nietzsche

Hegel

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

Divine provocation

Interpellation theory

Political theology

Political hermeneutics

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