Contract law worksheet with answers

What is a breach of contract?

1. ANegotiating a better price
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. DRefusing to sign a contract

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

A term that the parties did not state, but which a court reads into the contract, is:

1. AAn express term
2. BA condition precedent
3. CA collateral warranty
4. DAn implied term

Promissory estoppel can prevent a party from:

1. AMaking any new promises
2. BSuing for any breach at all, including breaches entirely unrelated to the promise that it made
3. CEntering into future contracts
4. DGoing back on a promise not to enforce strict legal rights, when the other relied on it

A supplier receives a draft agreement, never signs or returns it, but both sides trade on its terms for years. A court is likely to find:

1. ANo contract, because nothing was signed
2. BA contract accepted by conduct
3. CA contract only for the first delivery
4. DA void agreement for lack of certainty

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

1. ANo, because mental distress is never recoverable in contract
2. BYes, because the contract's purpose was to provide enjoyment
3. COnly if the company acted dishonestly
4. DOnly if the customer suffered a physical injury

An actress is wrongly denied the chance to take part in the final stage of a competition in which some finalists would win prizes. In Chaplin v Hicks:

1. AShe could recover the full value of a prize
2. BShe could recover only her travel expenses
3. CShe could recover damages for the loss of a chance
4. DShe could recover nothing, because her loss was uncertain

In a unilateral contract, once the offeree has started to perform the requested act:

1. AThe offeror can still revoke at any time before performance is completed
2. BThe offeror generally cannot revoke while performance continues
3. CThe full reward becomes payable immediately
4. DThe offeree becomes bound to complete performance