Contract law worksheet with answers

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

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

A claim on a "quantum meruit" is a claim for:

1. AAn order stopping the other party from acting
2. BA reasonable sum for work done or services provided
3. CThe return of land transferred under the contract
4. DPunitive damages for deliberate breach

In contract law, the "offeree" is:

1. AA third party who benefits from the contract
2. BThe person to whom an offer is made
3. CThe person who makes the offer
4. DThe lawyer who drafts the offer

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. BThe ship owner had to pay compensation
3. CNothing was recoverable for the part performed
4. DThe full wages were payable

An unusual and onerous term in standard conditions will only be incorporated if:

1. AIt appears on the back of a receipt
2. BIt is printed anywhere in the contract documents, however small the type
3. CThe other party could have found it online
4. DIt was fairly and reasonably brought to the other party's attention

A fishing company receives fewer licences than it needs and chooses to assign them to its other ships, not the chartered one. In Maritime National Fish v Ocean Trawlers the charter was:

1. ANot frustrated, because the problem was self-induced
2. BVoid, because licences were a condition precedent
3. CSuspended until more licences were issued
4. DFrustrated by the government licensing decision

A pays B money to bet on shares using insider information, which is illegal. The bet never happens and A wants the money back. In Patel v Mirza, the Supreme Court held:

1. AThe money passed to the state as illegal proceeds
2. BA could not recover, because no claim can be founded on an illegal agreement
3. CA could recover only half the money
4. DA could recover the money, applying a policy-based approach to illegality

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. BHas no legal effect
3. CIs always a rejection
4. DCreates a contract only after a court confirms that the added terms are non-material