Formation of Contract - Offer Lecture Quiz

What is the first requirement of a legally binding agreement?

• Acceptance

• Consideration

• Offer

• Intention to create legal relations

In the case of Storer v Manchester City Council, what approach do the courts take to assess if an offer has been made?

• Emotional approach

• Intuitive approach

• Objective approach

• Subjective approach

Which case confirmed that an offer must be communicated to the offeree?

• Taylor v Laird

• Gibson v Manchester City Council

• Pharmaceutical Society v Boots Cash Chemists

• Fisher v Bell

What is an invitation to treat?

• An acceptance of an offer

• A certain promise to be bound

• An invitation for another party to make an offer

• A clear and specified term

Which case held that a display of goods in a shop is an invitation to treat?

• Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co

• Fisher v Bell

• Partridge v Crittenden

• Pharmaceutical Society v Boots Cash Chemists

What is the 'multi-acceptance' principle?

• A display of goods is an offer

• An offer can be accepted by multiple people

• An advertisement is considered an offer

• An advertisement is an invitation to treat

In which case was it ruled that an advertisement can be an offer due to a unilateral contract?

• Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co

• Partridge v Crittenden

• Gibson v Manchester City Council

• Fisher v Bell

What happens to an offer after a reasonable lapse of time?

• It remains valid indefinitely

• It becomes a counter-offer

• It is automatically revoked

• It becomes an acceptance

Which case established that a counter-offer revokes the original offer?

• Dickinson v Dodds

• Ramsgate Victoria Hotel v Montefiore

• Hyde v Wrench

• Shuey v USA

What is the effect of a third-party revocation?

• It automatically revokes the offer

• It is valid if the third-party is reliable

• It is always invalid

• It must be communicated by the offeror