Contract law worksheet with answers

In English law, "past consideration" is generally:

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

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

Which English statute allows a third party to enforce a contract term in some cases?

1. ALaw Reform (Frustrated Contracts) Act 1943
2. BMisrepresentation Act 1967
3. CUnfair Contract Terms Act 1977
4. DContracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999

A holiday company provides a holiday far below the promised standard. Can the customer recover damages for disappointment?

1. AOnly if the company acted dishonestly
2. BOnly if the customer suffered a physical injury
3. CNo, because mental distress is never recoverable in contract
4. DYes, because the contract's purpose was to provide enjoyment

Sailors are promised extra wages for sailing a ship home after two crew members desert, but they do no more than their contract already required. In Stilk v Myrick the promise was:

1. AUnenforceable because it was made at sea
2. BUnenforceable for lack of consideration
3. CEnforceable because the captain agreed freely
4. DEnforceable as a practical benefit

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

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

A buyer specifically asks a surveyor to check aircraft noise at a property. The surveyor negligently reports no problem. In Farley v Skinner:

1. AOnly the difference in market value was recoverable
2. BDamages for discomfort were recoverable, as peace of mind was an important object of the obligation
3. CNo damages were recoverable, because damages for distress or discomfort are always excluded in contract
4. DThe buyer had to sell the house before claiming

A seller quotes on its terms with a price variation clause. The buyer orders on its own terms without that clause, with a tear-off acknowledgement slip, which the seller signs and returns. In Butler Machine Tool v Ex-Cell-O, the contract was on:

1. AA mixture of terms chosen by the court as fair
2. BThe buyer's terms, because the seller accepted its counter-offer
3. CThe seller's terms, because it sent its terms and price variation clause first
4. DNo terms, because there was no contract