Contract law worksheet with answers

According to Derry v Peek, a misrepresentation is fraudulent if the maker:

1. AMade it in a written document
2. BMade a profit from the contract that followed
3. CMade it carelessly and without checking the facts, though honestly believing it
4. DKnew it was false, did not believe it, or was reckless whether it was true

In English law, a promise made in a deed is enforceable even without:

1. AWriting
2. BA signature
3. CConsideration
4. DDelivery of the deed

The duty to mitigate loss means that a claimant:

1. AMust accept any offer made by the party in breach
2. BMust prove the breach was deliberate
3. CCannot recover for losses they could reasonably have avoided
4. DMust sue within one month of the breach

Under EU consumer law, a consumer who buys online usually has the right to withdraw within:

1. A3 days, only with a reason
2. B14 days without giving a reason
3. CNo time, because online sales are final
4. D30 days, only if the goods are defective

An acceptance is sent by telex and arrives in the offeror's office during working hours. Under Entores v Miles Far East, acceptance takes effect:

1. AWhen it is sent by the offeree
2. BWhen it is received by the offeror
3. CWhen the offeror reads it a week later
4. DWhen it is confirmed by post

Frustration of contract occurs when:

1. AOne party regrets the bargain
2. BAn unforeseen event makes performance impossible or radically different
3. CThe contract was badly drafted
4. DPerformance becomes more expensive or more difficult than either party expected

A seller quotes on its terms with a price variation clause. The buyer orders on its own terms without that clause, with a tear-off acknowledgement slip, which the seller signs and returns. In Butler Machine Tool v Ex-Cell-O, the contract was on:

1. AA mixture of terms chosen by the court as fair
2. BThe buyer's terms, because the seller accepted its counter-offer
3. CThe seller's terms, because it sent its terms and price variation clause first
4. DNo terms, because there was no contract

In Great Peace Shipping v Tsavliris Salvage, the Court of Appeal held that a contract is void for common mistake only if the mistake makes performance:

1. AMore expensive to carry out than both parties had expected when contracting
2. BImpossible or essentially different from what the parties agreed
3. CDifferent from the contract in a minor detail
4. DCommercially less attractive for one party