Contract law worksheet with answers

Anticipatory breach occurs when:

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

In England and Wales, a claim for breach of a simple (non-deed) contract must usually be brought within:

1. AOne year of the breach
2. BTwelve years of the breach
3. CThree months of the breach
4. DSix years of the breach

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

1. A2 years
2. B7 days
3. C6 months
4. D30 days

A customer signs a contract containing an exclusion clause without reading it. Absent fraud or misrepresentation, the clause is generally:

1. AVoid for unilateral mistake
2. BNot incorporated, because it was not read
3. CIncorporated only if it was explained orally
4. DIncorporated, because a signature binds the signer

Which of these will usually bar rescission for misrepresentation?

1. AThe misrepresentation was innocent rather than fraudulent or negligent
2. BThe innocent party affirms the contract after learning the truth
3. CThe contract was made in writing
4. DThe misrepresentation was made by a company

An actor withdraws from a TV film and the company cannot prove what profit the film would have made. It may claim:

1. AOnly nominal damages of a small sum
2. BIts wasted expenditure, including costs incurred before the contract
3. CIts estimated profits from the film, even if they are purely speculative
4. DPunitive damages to deter the actor

A seller mistakenly offers hare skins at a price per pound instead of per piece. The buyer knew that prices were always quoted per piece. In Hartog v Colin and Shields:

1. AThere was no contract, as the buyer knew of the mistake
2. BThere was a binding contract at the stated price
3. CThe contract was voidable at the buyer's option
4. DThe court rewrote the price to per piece

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

1. AIs an acceptance, unless the offeror objects without undue delay
2. BCreates a contract only after a court confirms that the added terms are non-material
3. CIs always a rejection
4. DHas no legal effect