I and Thou Quizzes

I and Thou Quiz #1

1 Where was Buber born?
France

Israel

Germany

Austria
2 When was Buber born?
1921

1878

1856

1912
3 Buber’s family belonged to which religion?
Reformed Catholic

Lutheran

Presbyterian

Orthodox Judaism
4 Who is a Christian philosopher Buber studied?
Rosenzweig

Luther

Kierkegaard

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

Rousseau

Kant

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

The philosophy of language

The philosophy of speech

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

Der Spiegel

The Guardian

The Times
8 Which Office did Buber found?
The Office of Religious Freedom

The Central Office for Jewish Adult Education

The Office of Conversion

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

Jerusalem

London

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

Hegel

Rosenzweig

Kierkegaard
11 When was I and Thou published?
1923

1961

1945

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

French

Hebrew

English
13 When was I and Thou translated into English?
1937

1942

1961

1924
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

Specific other

Eternal We

Absolute difference
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?
1921

1942

1957

1969
18 Which Greek philosopher is associated with dialogue?
Cicero

Plato

Socrates

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

Joyce

Austen

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

Sorcery

Hedonism

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

Epistemology

Theology

Historiography
22 What branch of philosophy is concerned with being?
Ontology

Sociology

Theology

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

Epistemology

Interpellation

Taxi-calling
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?
Divine provocation

Political hermeneutics

Interpellation theory

Political theology

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