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 revocation
2. BA counter-offer
3. CAn acceptance
4. DA request for information

Anticipatory breach occurs when:

1. AAn expert predicts, before performance is due, that a party will probably breach
2. BA party shows, before performance is due, that it will not perform
3. CA party performs earlier than the agreed date
4. DA party breaches a term that has not yet been agreed

In English law, a newspaper advertisement offering goods for sale at a stated price is usually:

1. AA collateral contract with each reader
2. BAn acceptance of future orders
3. CAn invitation to treat
4. DA unilateral offer to all readers

Under the Law Reform (Frustrated Contracts) Act 1943, money paid before a frustrating event is generally:

1. APayable twice, as a penalty
2. BRecoverable, though the court may let the payee keep some for expenses
3. CPaid into court for distribution
4. DLost, because the loss must lie where it falls once the contract is frustrated

A hotel guest sees an exclusion notice in her room only after booking and paying at reception. Under Olley v Marlborough Court Hotel, the notice is:

1. APart of the contract, because she stayed in the room
2. BNot part of the contract, because it came after formation
3. CPart of the contract, because hotels may exclude liability
4. DBinding from the second night onwards

What is consideration in common law contracts?

1. ASomething of value given in exchange for a promise
2. BCareful thought before signing
3. CThe intention to create legal relations shown by both parties
4. DThe written form of a contract

In a unilateral contract, once the offeree has started to perform the requested act:

1. AThe full reward becomes payable immediately
2. BThe offeror can still revoke at any time before performance is completed
3. CThe offeror generally cannot revoke while performance continues
4. DThe offeree becomes bound to complete performance

Under the EU Unfair Terms Directive, a non-negotiated consumer contract term is unfair if:

1. AContrary to good faith, it causes a significant imbalance to the consumer's detriment
2. BIt benefits the trader in any way, even where the consumer's rights are not significantly affected
3. CThe consumer did not read it
4. DIt was written in small font