Contract law worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

What is a breach of contract?

  1. ARefusing to sign a contract
  2. BFailing to perform a contractual obligation without a lawful excuse
  3. CWithdrawing an offer before it is accepted, after promising to keep it open
  4. DNegotiating a better price
2.Easy

A shop displays a jacket with a price tag in its window. In English law this is usually:

  1. AA unilateral contract
  2. BA binding offer to sell at that price
  3. CAn invitation to treat
  4. DAn acceptance
3.Easy

Which statement about silence as acceptance is correct in general?

  1. ASilence usually does not count as acceptance
  2. BSilence counts as acceptance after 24 hours
  3. CSilence counts as acceptance if the offeror says so
  4. DSilence always counts as acceptance
4.Medium

A buyer is told false figures about a business and is offered documents that would reveal the truth, but does not read them. Under Redgrave v Hurd:

  1. AThe buyer can claim only half the loss
  2. BThe buyer can still rely on the misrepresentation
  3. CThe buyer loses all remedies by failing to check
  4. DThe misrepresentation becomes a term
5.Medium

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. ABinding from the second night onwards
  2. BPart of the contract, because she stayed in the room
  3. CPart of the contract, because hotels may exclude liability
  4. DNot part of the contract, because it came after formation
6.Medium

In English law, the "postal rule" means an acceptance sent by post takes effect:

  1. AWhen the offeror replies
  2. BWhen the letter arrives
  3. CWhen the letter is posted
  4. DWhen the letter is read
7.Hard

Under the Vienna Sales Convention (CISG), a reply to an offer that adds non-material terms:

  1. AHas no legal effect
  2. BIs an acceptance, unless the offeror objects without undue delay
  3. CCreates a contract only after a court confirms that the added terms are non-material
  4. DIs always a rejection
8.Hard

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

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

Answer key

  1. 1. B · Failing to perform a contractual obligation without a lawful excuse
  2. 2. C · An invitation to treat
  3. 3. A · Silence usually does not count as acceptance
  4. 4. B · The buyer can still rely on the misrepresentation
  5. 5. D · Not part of the contract, because it came after formation
  6. 6. C · When the letter is posted
  7. 7. B · Is an acceptance, unless the offeror objects without undue delay
  8. 8. D · A unilateral offer that could be accepted by performing the conditions

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