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Who is Danton's chief rival in Danton's Death?
Answer: Robespierre
Why: Robespierre did not outlast his rival for long: he was guillotined himself in July 1794, less than four months after Danton.
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What special feature did Büchner's 1835 wanted notice list?
Answer: Short-sightedness
Why: The notice asked authorities at home and abroad to arrest him for his suspected part in treasonous acts.
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Where did the real Woyzeck commit his crime?
Answer: Leipzig
Why: The play also draws on two other real cases, from near Berlin in 1817 and near Darmstadt in 1830.
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What does the revolution devour like Saturn in Danton's Death?
Answer: Its children
Why: Saturn, the Roman match for the Greek Cronus, swallowed his own children after a warning that one of them would overthrow him.
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Where does the cry 'Peace to the huts! War on the palaces!' come from?
Answer: The French Revolution
Why: In its French original it was a battle cry of the revolutionary armies from 1792.
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In which language did Büchner write his doctoral thesis?
Answer: French
Why: Strasbourg's natural history society heard him read the study aloud over three sessions in 1836.
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