I and Thou Quizzes

I and Thou Quiz #1

1 Where was Buber born?
Germany

Austria

France

Israel
2 When was Buber born?
1878

1912

1921

1856
3 Buber’s family belonged to which religion?
Lutheran

Orthodox Judaism

Presbyterian

Reformed Catholic
4 Who is a Christian philosopher Buber studied?
Luther

Rosenzweig

Nietzsche

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

Nietzsche

Luther

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

The philosophy of monologue

The philosophy of speech

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

Der Spiegel

The Guardian

Die Welt
8 Which Office did Buber found?
The Central Office for Jewish Adult Education

The Office of Religious Freedom

The Office of Conversion

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

Paris

Berlin

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

Marx

Rosenzweig

Kierkegaard
11 When was I and Thou published?
1961

1923

1912

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

German

French

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?
Absolute We

Eternal You

Absolute I

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

Specific other

Absolute difference

Absolute other
16 Buber won each of the following prizes except which one?
Nobel Prize

Erasmus Prize

Goethe Prize

Friedenspreis des Detschen Buchhandels
17 When was the Afterword to I and Thou published?
1921

1969

1942

1957
18 Which Greek philosopher is associated with dialogue?
Aristotle

Cicero

Plato

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

Woolf

Goethe

Joyce
20 Which term is associated with renouncing worldly pleasure?
Hedonism

Asceticism

Spiritualism

Sorcery
21 What branch of philosophy is concerned with knowledge?
Epistemology

Metaphysics

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

Interpellation

Epistemology

Taxi-calling
24 Who theorizes interpellation?
Hegel

Althusser

Nietzsche

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

Political theology

Political hermeneutics

Divine provocation

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