I and Thou Quizzes

I and Thou Quiz #1

1 Where was Buber born?

Austria

France

Germany

Israel
2 When was Buber born?

1921

1878

1912

1856
3 Buber’s family belonged to which religion?

Orthodox Judaism

Presbyterian

Lutheran

Reformed Catholic
4 Who is a Christian philosopher Buber studied?

Nietzsche

Luther

Rosenzweig

Kierkegaard
5 Who theorized the “death of God”?

Rousseau

Kant

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?

Die Welt

The Guardian

The Times

Der Spiegel
8 Which Office did Buber found?

The Office of Conversion

The Central Office for Jewish Adult Education

The Central Office for Jewish Philosophy

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

Jerusalem

Berlin

London

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

Kierkegaard

Rosenzweig

Hegel

Marx
11 When was I and Thou published?

1923

1961

1945

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

French

Hebrew

German

English
13 When was I and Thou translated into English?

1937

1942

1924

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

Eternal You

Absolute We

Eternal We

Absolute I
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

Nobel Prize

Erasmus Prize

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

1921

1942

1969

1957
18 Which Greek philosopher is associated with dialogue?

Socrates

Cicero

Aristotle

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

Goethe

Austen

Joyce

Woolf
20 Which term is associated with renouncing worldly pleasure?

Hedonism

Spiritualism

Sorcery

Asceticism
21 What branch of philosophy is concerned with knowledge?

Historiography

Epistemology

Theology

Metaphysics
22 What branch of philosophy is concerned with being?

Theology

Ontology

Sociology

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?

Interpellation theory

Political hermeneutics

Divine provocation

Political theology

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