Chapter 2: MCQs

Agreement

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. A advertises in his local newspaper that he has: '30 digital radios for sale at a bargain price of £30 or near offer, available until the end of the month. Contact me at PO Box 76.' Is the advert an offer or an invitation to treat?

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. Upton on Severn RDC v Powellan example of the courts:

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. Which of the following statements are true in relation to auctions without reserve? Please select all that apply.

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. Although the submission of a tender normally only constitutes the making of an offer, in Blackpool & Fylde Aero Club v Blackpool Borough Council, the Council was obliged to accept the Aero Club's tender, which had been submitted within the deadline.

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. A purported acceptance that changes the terms of the offer is known as a ………… and constitutes a rejection of the original offer.

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. Any response to an offer that does not exactly match the offer will amount to a counter-offer and will destroy the original offer.

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. On Monday evening, in the pub, A tells his three friends, B, C and D, that he will sell his sports car to the first one to return to him a cheque for £10,000. B posts a letter on Tuesday evening, enclosing his cheque, which is delivered to A's home address on Wednesday lunchtime. C calls in to see A at work on Wednesday morning and leaves his cheque in an envelope with A's secretary, because A is tied up in meetings all day. A's secretary does not pass on the envelope until she next sees A on Thursday morning. D goes to meet A at the station on his way home on Wednesday evening and gives him his cheque, whereupon A gives D the car keys. Which one of the following is true?

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. If an offer prescribes a certain mode of acceptance (e.g. 'by recorded delivery'), which of the following statements correctly state the law? Please select all that apply.

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. Acceptance by silence is never valid.

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. A ………, to which the postal rule is inapplicable, must be communicated prior to the time of acceptance in order to be effective.

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. The case of Dickinson v Dodds shows that? Please select all that apply.

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. A unilateral contract is one-sided in that only one side makes a ……….

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. In January, A, a rich maths professor, promises his colleagues (B and C) a prize of £10,000 to whomever is first to present him with the solution for a fiendish mathematical problem that he has set for them, the problem to be solved no later than the end of December. B has spent all of his spare time trying unsuccessfully to solve it, when A announces that he is withdrawing his offer at the end of November. C, who has done nothing up to this stage, is annoyed by A's conduct and spends most of December trying to solve the problem, presenting his correct solution to A on 24 December. B, meanwhile, has continued his efforts and finally (and independently) manages to solve it on 31 December and presents it to A on that day and claims his prize. Who is entitled to the prize?

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. It is important to be able to recognize unilateral contract situations because? Please select all that apply.

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