I and Thou Quizzes

I and Thou Quiz #1

1 Where was Buber born?
France

Germany

Austria

Israel
2 When was Buber born?
1856

1878

1921

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

Lutheran

Reformed Catholic

Orthodox Judaism
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 dialogue

The philosophy of language

The philosophy of monologue

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

Die Welt

The Guardian

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

The Office of Conversion

The Central Office for Jewish Adult Education

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

London

Paris

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

Kierkegaard

Rosenzweig

Hegel
11 When was I and Thou published?
1961

1912

1945

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

German

English

Hebrew
13 When was I and Thou translated into English?
1961

1937

1942

1924
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?
Absolute other

Specific other

Absolute difference

Eternal We
16 Buber won each of the following prizes except which one?
Nobel Prize

Friedenspreis des Detschen Buchhandels

Goethe Prize

Erasmus Prize
17 When was the Afterword to I and Thou published?
1921

1942

1957

1969
18 Which Greek philosopher is associated with dialogue?
Plato

Cicero

Socrates

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

Austen

Goethe

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

Spiritualism

Hedonism

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

Historiography

Theology

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

Theology

Hermeneutics

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

Hermeneutics

Taxi-calling

Epistemology
24 Who theorizes interpellation?
Nietzsche

Goethe

Hegel

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

Interpellation theory

Political theology

Divine provocation

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