I and Thou Quizzes

I and Thou Quiz #1

1 Where was Buber born?
Austria

France

Germany

Israel
2 When was Buber born?
1856

1912

1921

1878
3 Buber’s family belonged to which religion?
Presbyterian

Reformed Catholic

Orthodox Judaism

Lutheran
4 Who is a Christian philosopher Buber studied?
Luther

Kierkegaard

Nietzsche

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

Nietzsche

Rousseau

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

The philosophy of monologue

The philosophy of language

The philosophy of dialogue
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 Office of Conversion

The Office of Religious Freedom

The Central Office for Jewish Adult Education

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

Paris

London

Berlin
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?
1961

1945

1912

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

French

English

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

1961

1942

1924
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?
Absolute other

Eternal We

Specific other

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?
1942

1957

1969

1921
18 Which Greek philosopher is associated with dialogue?
Cicero

Plato

Aristotle

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

Goethe

Austen

Woolf
20 Which term is associated with renouncing worldly pleasure?
Sorcery

Asceticism

Hedonism

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

Epistemology

Historiography

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

Theology

Sociology

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

Taxi-calling

Interpellation

Hermeneutics
24 Who theorizes interpellation?
Goethe

Althusser

Hegel

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

Political theology

Divine provocation

Political hermeneutics

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