I and Thou Quizzes

I and Thou Quiz #1

1 Where was Buber born?
Germany

France

Israel

Austria
2 When was Buber born?
1856

1878

1921

1912
3 Buber’s family belonged to which religion?
Lutheran

Reformed Catholic

Presbyterian

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

Kierkegaard

Luther

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

Rousseau

Luther

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

The philosophy of language

The philosophy of monologue

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

The Times

The Guardian

Der Spiegel
8 Which Office did Buber found?
The Central Office for Jewish Philosophy

The Office of Conversion

The Office of Religious Freedom

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

London

Berlin

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

Marx

Hegel

Kierkegaard
11 When was I and Thou published?
1961

1912

1923

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

German

Hebrew

French
13 When was I and Thou translated into English?
1924

1961

1942

1937
14 Which of the following is closest to the concept of God?
Absolute I

Eternal You

Absolute We

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?
Erasmus Prize

Goethe Prize

Friedenspreis des Detschen Buchhandels

Nobel Prize
17 When was the Afterword to I and Thou published?
1957

1969

1942

1921
18 Which Greek philosopher is associated with dialogue?
Cicero

Plato

Aristotle

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

Goethe

Joyce

Austen
20 Which term is associated with renouncing worldly pleasure?
Spiritualism

Hedonism

Asceticism

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

Historiography

Epistemology

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

Sociology

Theology

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

Epistemology

Taxi-calling

Interpellation
24 Who theorizes interpellation?
Goethe

Hegel

Nietzsche

Althusser
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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