I and Thou Quizzes

I and Thou Quiz #1

1 Where was Buber born?
Austria

France

Germany

Israel
2 When was Buber born?
1856

1921

1878

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

Reformed Catholic

Lutheran

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

Kierkegaard

Rosenzweig

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

Kant

Rousseau

Nietzsche
6 With what philosophy is Buber associated?
The philosophy of monologue

The philosophy of dialogue

The philosophy of speech

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

The Guardian

Die Welt

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

The Central Office for Jewish Philosophy

The Office of Conversion

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

London

Jerusalem

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

Hegel

Marx

Rosenzweig
11 When was I and Thou published?
1961

1945

1912

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

French

Hebrew

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

1942

1937

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 difference

Absolute other

Eternal We

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

Erasmus Prize

Friedenspreis des Detschen Buchhandels

Goethe Prize
17 When was the Afterword to I and Thou published?
1942

1969

1957

1921
18 Which Greek philosopher is associated with dialogue?
Aristotle

Socrates

Cicero

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

Goethe

Woolf

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

Asceticism

Sorcery

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

Historiography

Theology

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

Theology

Sociology

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

Epistemology

Taxi-calling

Hermeneutics
24 Who theorizes interpellation?
Nietzsche

Althusser

Hegel

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

Political theology

Divine provocation

Interpellation theory

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