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1.Barry Stocks has contracted with the Buff Baseball League (BBL) to play hardball. There is aclause in the contract specifying that the use of steroids is a breach for which the non-breaching party will be entitled to damages in the amount of $ 500,000. When Stocks breaches the contract by using steroids the BBL may recover

  1. solidified damages only
  2. liquidated damages only
  3. liquidated and consequential damages
  4. No damages because the steroid use was inevitable
  5. the leftover steroids and $500

2.Professor Kingsely tells his contracts class "If you keep doing what you are doing, I will see to it that you receive an appropriate grade." Arrogante, a student who rarely comes to class, believes that he has been promised an "A." Which of the following is true:

  1. Arrogante is delusional
  2. Kingsley has made an elusive promise
  3. Kingsley has made an illusory promise
  4. Arrogante can sue Kingsley when he receives a "D"
  5. Kingsely can sue Arrogante because he never comes to class

3.Euripides tells Geraldo he will sell him a play he has written; a modern tragedy with a classical twist. Geraldo books a theater on Broadway, pays a Kardashien a million dollars to play the lead, and spends considerable time and money to construct Greek columns to use on the set. Euripides never sends Geraldo the contract, and after he views a tape of one of Geraldo's shows, he tells Geraldo that the deal is off. Which of the following is most likely:

  1. Geraldo may be able to recover under promissory estoppel since there is no contract
  2. Geraldo has no remedy because it is his fault for relying on an oral promise
  3. this situation is unrealistic because Kardashien would flop on Broadway before she even started
  4. Euripides may not revoke the offer because he should have checked Geraldo's credentials before he made the offer
  5. neither Euripides nor Geraldo have any rights or remedies because there is no written contract

4.A member of the U.S. Congress contracts with Hose-to-Goes to provide prostitution services. Hose does not perform the contract. In a suit to enforce the contract, the court will likely find

  1. the Congressman is entitled to a refund because Hose did not perform
  2. the Congressman believed he was purchasing garden tools so performance is excused by unilateral mistake
  3. the contract is void because prostitutes have no capacity to contract
  4. the contract is unenforceable because of illegality
  5. the contract is void because of illegality

5.FBI agents have a duty to capture criminals. Dr. Evil is a particularly sneaky criminal who has eluded capture. The FBI offers a $10 million dollar reward for the capture of Dr. Evil. FBI agent 99 captures Dr. Evil and demands the reward. Which is most likely to occur?

  1. agent 99 will be unable to collect because a contract with past consideration is unenforceable
  2. agent 99 will have to split the reward with Maxwell Smart
  3. agent 99 will be unable to collect because there is no consideration
  4. agent 99 will be able to collect if there is mutual assent
  5. agent 99 will be unable to collect because the consideration is inadequate

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