Contract law worksheet with answers

Under English law, a minor who is supplied with necessaries must pay:

1. ANothing, because minors are never bound
2. BDouble the contract price
3. COnly if a parent signed the contract
4. DA reasonable price for them

In English law, "past consideration" is generally:

1. AGood consideration only between family members
2. BRequired for every contract
3. CGood consideration if it was valuable
4. DNot good consideration

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

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

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

A sailor is to be paid only on completing a voyage, but dies part of the way. Under the strict rule applied in Cutter v Powell:

1. AA proportion of the wages was payable
2. BNothing was recoverable for the part performed
3. CThe ship owner had to pay compensation
4. DThe full wages were payable

What is an exclusion clause?

1. AA term that excludes a party from paying VAT
2. BA term that excludes third parties from the contract
3. CA term that limits or excludes one party's liability
4. DA clause allowing termination at any time

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

A van is bought "on hire-purchase terms" with no further detail, and such terms varied widely in practice. In Scammell v Ouston, the House of Lords held:

1. AThere was a contract at a reasonable price
2. BThere was no contract, because the terms were too vague
3. CThere was a contract on the standard hire-purchase terms of the market
4. DThe seller's usual terms applied