Contract law worksheet with answers

An offeree asks whether the offeror would accept delivery in two parts, without rejecting the original terms. This is:

1. AA counter-offer
2. BA request for information
3. CA revocation
4. DAn acceptance

Under the UK Consumer Rights Act 2015, the short-term right to reject faulty goods generally lasts:

1. A30 days
2. B2 years
3. C6 months
4. D7 days

The rule that "consideration must move from the promisee" means:

1. AThe promisee must always pay in cash
2. BThe promisor must provide all the consideration for the promise it makes
3. CA person can enforce a promise only if they gave consideration for it
4. DThe consideration must be handed to a court

A promises to keep an offer open until Friday. On Thursday, B hears from a reliable third party that A has sold the property to someone else. Under Dickinson v Dodds:

1. AB can sue A for breaking the promise to keep it open
2. BThe offer has been revoked, so B can no longer accept
3. CB can accept and claim the property from the new buyer
4. DThe offer stays open until Friday, as A promised

A former wife sues for maintenance her ex-husband promised, relying only on promissory estoppel because she gave no consideration. In Combe v Combe:

1. AShe failed, because family agreements are never legally binding on either party
2. BShe failed, because promissory estoppel is a shield, not a sword
3. CShe succeeded, because she relied on the promise
4. DShe succeeded, because the promise was made in writing

A seller says the farms are "fully let" but does not mention that the tenants have given notice to leave. This is:

1. AMere silence, which is never actionable
2. BA statement of opinion only
3. CA mere puff with no legal effect
4. DA misrepresentation by half-truth

A client repudiates an advertising contract the same day it is made. The agency ignores this, displays the adverts for the full period and sues for the price. In White and Carter v McGregor:

1. AThe agency could only claim damages after mitigating
2. BThe agency could recover the full price
3. CThe agency could recover nothing
4. DThe agency had to obtain a court order first

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

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