Contract law worksheet with answers

Minors (under 18) entering contracts are generally:

1. ABound in exactly the same way as adults, unless their parents object in writing
2. BLiable only if their parents sign too
3. CProtected, so many of their contracts are not enforceable against them
4. DNever able to make any contract

In English law, "past consideration" is generally:

1. AGood consideration only between family members
2. BNot good consideration
3. CRequired for every contract
4. DGood consideration if it was valuable

Who can usually enforce a contract?

1. AOnly lawyers
2. BThe parties to the contract
3. COnly the state
4. DAnyone who hears about it or is affected by it

A creditor agrees to take £600 in full settlement of a £1,000 debt that is due, then sues for the other £400. Under Pinnel's Case and Foakes v Beer, the creditor:

1. AMust give back the £600 first
2. BCannot recover anything more
3. CCan usually recover the £400
4. DCan recover only if the agreement was oral

An unusual and onerous term in standard conditions will only be incorporated if:

1. AThe other party could have found it online
2. BIt is printed anywhere in the contract documents, however small the type
3. CIt was fairly and reasonably brought to the other party's attention
4. DIt appears on the back of a receipt

A builder's job takes much longer and costs much more than planned because of labour shortages. Under Davis Contractors v Fareham UDC, the contract is:

1. AVoid, because the price was wrongly estimated
2. BAutomatically varied to a reasonable price
3. CFrustrated, because the costs rose unexpectedly and substantially
4. DNot frustrated, because it has only become more onerous

In Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co, the court held that the advertisement was:

1. AAn invitation to treat
2. BA mere advertising puff with no legal effect, since no one could take it seriously
3. CA unilateral offer that could be accepted by performing the conditions
4. DA contract only with the newspaper

A buyer purchases oats thinking they are old oats. The seller knows they are new, but made no statement or promise that they were old. Under Smith v Hughes:

1. AThe seller had a duty to correct the buyer
2. BThe contract is void for unilateral mistake
3. CThe contract is voidable, because the seller's silence amounted to a misrepresentation
4. DThe contract is binding, because a mistake about quality alone is not enough