QUESTIONS,gWITHgSOLUTIONSgANDgEXPLANATIONS,
FROMgPRIORgBULg4310gEXAMSgOFgTESTgTWOgMATERIAL
©gRobertgW.gEmerson,gJuneg8,g2020
Theghundredsgofgquestionsgbelowghavegbeengputgintogthesegthreegoverallgtopics,gcoveredgingt
hisgordergduringgthisgsemester.
Contractsg(Questionsg1-277) Pagesg g 1-119
ThegFirstgAmendmentgandgFreedomgofgSpeechg(Questionsg278-297) Pagesg119-
127gEmploymentgDiscriminationgLawg(Questionsg298-340) Pagesg127-143
Itgisgveryglikelygusefulgforgyougtogpracticegtakinggtestsgbygstartinggwithgthegothergdocumentgalsogp
ostedgongthegcoursegwebsite,gcontaininggthesegquestionsgbutgwithoutgtheganswersgandgexplanation
s.g Aftergyougpractice,gthengyougcanglookgatgthisgdocumentgandgreadgthegexplanations,gevengforgth
egquestionsgyougansweredgcorrectly.g (Yougmaygstillglearngfromgdiscussiongorgpagegreferencesgtha
tgyoughadgnotgalreadygthoroughlygconsidered.)g Alsognote:gwhilegtheregnowgaregonlygmultiple-
choicegquestionsgongthegtests,gtheregweregtrue-
falsegingthegpast,gsogagnumbergofgthegpracticegquestionsgheregaregtrue-
false.g Thegsubstancegofgthosegtrue-
falsegquestionsgremainsgquitegpertinent,gandgagnumbergofgmultiple-
choicegquestionsgongtestsgmayghavegagtrue-
falsegelementgtogthemg (e.g.,g “Pickg theg trueg statement”g org “pickgtheg falseg statement”g (ofg theg five
g statements,g a-e,gforgthatgquestion).
Asgwithgallgmaterialgpostedgongthegcoursegwebsite,gyougaregfreegtogprintgthisgoutgandgbringgitgtogt
hegtest.g Igamgneithergrecommendinggthatgapproachg(lotsgofgpaper!),gnorgdiscouraginggit,gbutgsimp
lygnotinggthatgitgisgentirelygyourgcallgwhethergtogemploygthatgstrategy.
Barron’sgreferencesgaregtogRobertgW.gEmerson,gBusinessgLawg(Barron’s,g6thged.g2015).gReferen
cesgtog“LSB”garegtogRobertgW.gEmerson,gLaw,gSocietygandgBusinessgTargetgCopy,g2020).gThegnu
mbergaftergagbookgreferencegisgagpagegnumberg–
ge.g.,gLSBg28gmeansgtheg28thgpagegofgthegLSBgbook.g Pagegreferencesgareggeneralgandgmay,gong
occasion,gbegoffgbygagpagegorgtwo.
Referencesgtoganswersgcominggfromglectures,gofgcourse,gusuallygrefergtoglecturesgfromgpreviousgse
mesters,gasgordinarilygweghavegnotggottengtogthatgmaterialgyetgthisgsemester.g Mostgofgthoseglectu
regdiscussionsglikelygwillgoccurgthisgsemestergasgwell.
Asgwithgallgmaterialgpostedgongthegcoursegwebsite,gyougaregfreegtogprintgthisgoutgandgbringgitgtogthe
gtest.g Igamgneithergrecommendinggthatgapproachg(lotsgofgpaper!),gnorgdiscouraginggit,gbutgsimplyg
notinggthatgitgisgentirelygyourgcallgwhethergtogemploygthatgstrategy.
Contractsg(Questionsg1-277)
1. Pickgthegtruegstatement.
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,a. FactgPattern:gSam,gagknowngalcoholicgwhoglivesgnextgdoor,gcomesgovergonegdaygandgsay
sgthatgsincegyoughavegbeengsuchgaggreatgneighbor,ghegwillgsellgyoughisg$100,000ghousegforgo
nly
$60,000.g Samgisgobviouslygintoxicated.gYougimmediatelygagreegandgdraftgagcontractgforgthe
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, sale.gSamgsignsgitgandgleaves,gbutgagweekglaterghegcomesgtogyougandgclaimsghegdidn’tgknowgw
hatghegwasgdoinggandgwantsgtogdisaffirmgthegcontract.
Statement:gSamgisglegallygboundgtogthegtermsgofgthegcontract.
Answer:gFalse.gAgkeygfactgisgthatgthisghomegworthg$100,000gwasgsoldgforg$60,000g–
gagvastlyglowgpricegthatgthegneighborgmustghavegknowngwasgridiculouslyglow.gTheregwasgno
gothergconsiderationgtogcompensategforgthatghugegdifferential.g Thus,gthegneighborgwasgput
gongnoticegthatgagmistakegorgthatgSamg–
gknowngtogbegagdrunkard,gandgobviouslygintoxicatedg–gwasgincapacitated.gSeegLSBg272.-
gHabitualgdrunkardgstatutes.gBarron’sgpageg132.
b. FactgPattern:gSidneygandgHallegcreategangintegratedgcontractgthatgcompletelygandgunambig
uouslyglaysgoutgthegtermsgofgtheirgagreement.g SidneygisgtogwashgHalle’sgcargwithgsoapgandgw
ater,gvacuumgeverygroomgingherghouse,gandgmowgherglawn.g HallegisgtogpaygSidneyg$200gforg
allgofgthis.gAgdisputegeruptsgbetweengthegtwogpartiesgovergthegtermsgofgtheirgcontract.g Hallega
rguesgthatgSidneyghadgmentionedgthatgSidneygwouldgwaxgthegcar,galso.g Hallegattemptsgtogoff
ergevidencegthatgSidneygagreedgtogwaxgitgandgevengaskedgwhatgkindgofgwaxgtoguse.gStatement
:gOrdinarily,gHallegcangpresentgthatgevidence.
Answer:gFalse.g LSBg300-
301.gIngangintegratedgcontract,gcourtsgmustgstickgtogthegexpressgtermsgofgthegcontractgandg
excludeganygextraneousgevidence.gHere,gthegcontractgspecificallygonlygmentionsgsoapgandgw
ater.
c. Statement:gSeekinggangordergofgspecificgperformancegcangservegasgagvaluablegpost-
gjudgmentgbargaininggtoolgtoginducegaglosinggdefendantgtogagreegtogagnewgcontractgmoregattracti
vegtogthegplaintiff.
Answer:gTrue.g Barron’sgpageg171-
172.g“SpecificgPerformance”gcoversgthisgquestion.gLSBg336gcoversgthisgasgwell.g Note:gAngin
junctiongorderinggspecificgperformancegcompelsgtheglosinggpartygtogtakegactionsgtogconfor
mgwithgthegtermsgofgthegcontractg-
ge.g.,gturngovergthegdeedgtogthegproperty,ghandgovergthegraregcoin,getc.gSometimes,grathergt
hangdogthat,gagdefendantgmaygprefergtogreachganothergagreementgwithgthegwinninggplaintiff
g-ge.g.,gpayghimgsomethinggtogholdgontogthegrealgestategorgthegraregcoin.
d. FactgPattern:gSalgownsgagbaseballgcardgstoregandgisgsellinggagRobgEmersongrookiegcardgf
org50gcents.gThirteen-year-
oldgTimmygcomesgingandgbuysgthegcard.g AsgTimmygwalksgout,gSalgopensgagpricegguidegandgsees
gthatgthegcardghasggonegupgingvaluegsincegtheglastgissue,gtog$500.g HegcatchesgTimmygoutsidegtheg
storegandgtellsgTimmygthatghegmadegagmistakegandgthegcardgmustgbegreturnedgorgTimmygmustgpa
ygtheg$500.
Statement:gTimmygmustgreturngthegcardgorgpaygtheg$500.
Answer:gFalse,gmistakegingvaluegisgnotgvalidggroundsgforgvoidinggagcontractgandgunilateralg
mistakegbygthegpartygbestgsuitedgforgcatchinggsuchgagmistakegisgnotgvoidable.g Timmy’sginfa
ncygcannotgbegusedgagainstghim.gLSBg266.
e. Statement:gAgmerchant’sgfailuregtoganswergagcustomer’sgmaterialgquestiongaboutgth
egmerchant’sggoodsggenerallygwillgnotgsufficegasgangelementgofgfraud.
Answer:gFalse.gSilencegisgnotgagfraud,gbutgfailuregtoganswergagquestiongis.g SeegLSBg258-
259;gLectures;gBarron’sgpageg118.
2. Janegwalksgintogangelectronicsgshopgtoglookgatgstereos.g Shegfindsgagstereogthatghasglabelsgong
itgreadingg“allgthegfeaturesgyougcouldgwantgandgmore.”gJanegdecidesgtogpurchasegthegstereo.g T
3
, hegstoregclerkgtellsgJanegthatgsheghasgtengdaysgtogtrygoutgthegstereogrisk-
free,gduringgwhichgshegcangreturngitgforgagfullgrefund.g Agmonthglater,gJanegbringsgbackgthegste
reogandgsaysgthatgitgdoesgnotghavegsurround-
soundgfeaturesgasgshegoriginallygthoughtgitgmust,gandgthereforegshegwantsgher
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FROMgPRIORgBULg4310gEXAMSgOFgTESTgTWOgMATERIAL
©gRobertgW.gEmerson,gJuneg8,g2020
Theghundredsgofgquestionsgbelowghavegbeengputgintogthesegthreegoverallgtopics,gcoveredgingt
hisgordergduringgthisgsemester.
Contractsg(Questionsg1-277) Pagesg g 1-119
ThegFirstgAmendmentgandgFreedomgofgSpeechg(Questionsg278-297) Pagesg119-
127gEmploymentgDiscriminationgLawg(Questionsg298-340) Pagesg127-143
Itgisgveryglikelygusefulgforgyougtogpracticegtakinggtestsgbygstartinggwithgthegothergdocumentgalsogp
ostedgongthegcoursegwebsite,gcontaininggthesegquestionsgbutgwithoutgtheganswersgandgexplanation
s.g Aftergyougpractice,gthengyougcanglookgatgthisgdocumentgandgreadgthegexplanations,gevengforgth
egquestionsgyougansweredgcorrectly.g (Yougmaygstillglearngfromgdiscussiongorgpagegreferencesgtha
tgyoughadgnotgalreadygthoroughlygconsidered.)g Alsognote:gwhilegtheregnowgaregonlygmultiple-
choicegquestionsgongthegtests,gtheregweregtrue-
falsegingthegpast,gsogagnumbergofgthegpracticegquestionsgheregaregtrue-
false.g Thegsubstancegofgthosegtrue-
falsegquestionsgremainsgquitegpertinent,gandgagnumbergofgmultiple-
choicegquestionsgongtestsgmayghavegagtrue-
falsegelementgtogthemg (e.g.,g “Pickg theg trueg statement”g org “pickgtheg falseg statement”g (ofg theg five
g statements,g a-e,gforgthatgquestion).
Asgwithgallgmaterialgpostedgongthegcoursegwebsite,gyougaregfreegtogprintgthisgoutgandgbringgitgtogt
hegtest.g Igamgneithergrecommendinggthatgapproachg(lotsgofgpaper!),gnorgdiscouraginggit,gbutgsimp
lygnotinggthatgitgisgentirelygyourgcallgwhethergtogemploygthatgstrategy.
Barron’sgreferencesgaregtogRobertgW.gEmerson,gBusinessgLawg(Barron’s,g6thged.g2015).gReferen
cesgtog“LSB”garegtogRobertgW.gEmerson,gLaw,gSocietygandgBusinessgTargetgCopy,g2020).gThegnu
mbergaftergagbookgreferencegisgagpagegnumberg–
ge.g.,gLSBg28gmeansgtheg28thgpagegofgthegLSBgbook.g Pagegreferencesgareggeneralgandgmay,gong
occasion,gbegoffgbygagpagegorgtwo.
Referencesgtoganswersgcominggfromglectures,gofgcourse,gusuallygrefergtoglecturesgfromgpreviousgse
mesters,gasgordinarilygweghavegnotggottengtogthatgmaterialgyetgthisgsemester.g Mostgofgthoseglectu
regdiscussionsglikelygwillgoccurgthisgsemestergasgwell.
Asgwithgallgmaterialgpostedgongthegcoursegwebsite,gyougaregfreegtogprintgthisgoutgandgbringgitgtogthe
gtest.g Igamgneithergrecommendinggthatgapproachg(lotsgofgpaper!),gnorgdiscouraginggit,gbutgsimplyg
notinggthatgitgisgentirelygyourgcallgwhethergtogemploygthatgstrategy.
Contractsg(Questionsg1-277)
1. Pickgthegtruegstatement.
1
,a. FactgPattern:gSam,gagknowngalcoholicgwhoglivesgnextgdoor,gcomesgovergonegdaygandgsay
sgthatgsincegyoughavegbeengsuchgaggreatgneighbor,ghegwillgsellgyoughisg$100,000ghousegforgo
nly
$60,000.g Samgisgobviouslygintoxicated.gYougimmediatelygagreegandgdraftgagcontractgforgthe
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, sale.gSamgsignsgitgandgleaves,gbutgagweekglaterghegcomesgtogyougandgclaimsghegdidn’tgknowgw
hatghegwasgdoinggandgwantsgtogdisaffirmgthegcontract.
Statement:gSamgisglegallygboundgtogthegtermsgofgthegcontract.
Answer:gFalse.gAgkeygfactgisgthatgthisghomegworthg$100,000gwasgsoldgforg$60,000g–
gagvastlyglowgpricegthatgthegneighborgmustghavegknowngwasgridiculouslyglow.gTheregwasgno
gothergconsiderationgtogcompensategforgthatghugegdifferential.g Thus,gthegneighborgwasgput
gongnoticegthatgagmistakegorgthatgSamg–
gknowngtogbegagdrunkard,gandgobviouslygintoxicatedg–gwasgincapacitated.gSeegLSBg272.-
gHabitualgdrunkardgstatutes.gBarron’sgpageg132.
b. FactgPattern:gSidneygandgHallegcreategangintegratedgcontractgthatgcompletelygandgunambig
uouslyglaysgoutgthegtermsgofgtheirgagreement.g SidneygisgtogwashgHalle’sgcargwithgsoapgandgw
ater,gvacuumgeverygroomgingherghouse,gandgmowgherglawn.g HallegisgtogpaygSidneyg$200gforg
allgofgthis.gAgdisputegeruptsgbetweengthegtwogpartiesgovergthegtermsgofgtheirgcontract.g Hallega
rguesgthatgSidneyghadgmentionedgthatgSidneygwouldgwaxgthegcar,galso.g Hallegattemptsgtogoff
ergevidencegthatgSidneygagreedgtogwaxgitgandgevengaskedgwhatgkindgofgwaxgtoguse.gStatement
:gOrdinarily,gHallegcangpresentgthatgevidence.
Answer:gFalse.g LSBg300-
301.gIngangintegratedgcontract,gcourtsgmustgstickgtogthegexpressgtermsgofgthegcontractgandg
excludeganygextraneousgevidence.gHere,gthegcontractgspecificallygonlygmentionsgsoapgandgw
ater.
c. Statement:gSeekinggangordergofgspecificgperformancegcangservegasgagvaluablegpost-
gjudgmentgbargaininggtoolgtoginducegaglosinggdefendantgtogagreegtogagnewgcontractgmoregattracti
vegtogthegplaintiff.
Answer:gTrue.g Barron’sgpageg171-
172.g“SpecificgPerformance”gcoversgthisgquestion.gLSBg336gcoversgthisgasgwell.g Note:gAngin
junctiongorderinggspecificgperformancegcompelsgtheglosinggpartygtogtakegactionsgtogconfor
mgwithgthegtermsgofgthegcontractg-
ge.g.,gturngovergthegdeedgtogthegproperty,ghandgovergthegraregcoin,getc.gSometimes,grathergt
hangdogthat,gagdefendantgmaygprefergtogreachganothergagreementgwithgthegwinninggplaintiff
g-ge.g.,gpayghimgsomethinggtogholdgontogthegrealgestategorgthegraregcoin.
d. FactgPattern:gSalgownsgagbaseballgcardgstoregandgisgsellinggagRobgEmersongrookiegcardgf
org50gcents.gThirteen-year-
oldgTimmygcomesgingandgbuysgthegcard.g AsgTimmygwalksgout,gSalgopensgagpricegguidegandgsees
gthatgthegcardghasggonegupgingvaluegsincegtheglastgissue,gtog$500.g HegcatchesgTimmygoutsidegtheg
storegandgtellsgTimmygthatghegmadegagmistakegandgthegcardgmustgbegreturnedgorgTimmygmustgpa
ygtheg$500.
Statement:gTimmygmustgreturngthegcardgorgpaygtheg$500.
Answer:gFalse,gmistakegingvaluegisgnotgvalidggroundsgforgvoidinggagcontractgandgunilateralg
mistakegbygthegpartygbestgsuitedgforgcatchinggsuchgagmistakegisgnotgvoidable.g Timmy’sginfa
ncygcannotgbegusedgagainstghim.gLSBg266.
e. Statement:gAgmerchant’sgfailuregtoganswergagcustomer’sgmaterialgquestiongaboutgth
egmerchant’sggoodsggenerallygwillgnotgsufficegasgangelementgofgfraud.
Answer:gFalse.gSilencegisgnotgagfraud,gbutgfailuregtoganswergagquestiongis.g SeegLSBg258-
259;gLectures;gBarron’sgpageg118.
2. Janegwalksgintogangelectronicsgshopgtoglookgatgstereos.g Shegfindsgagstereogthatghasglabelsgong
itgreadingg“allgthegfeaturesgyougcouldgwantgandgmore.”gJanegdecidesgtogpurchasegthegstereo.g T
3
, hegstoregclerkgtellsgJanegthatgsheghasgtengdaysgtogtrygoutgthegstereogrisk-
free,gduringgwhichgshegcangreturngitgforgagfullgrefund.g Agmonthglater,gJanegbringsgbackgthegste
reogandgsaysgthatgitgdoesgnotghavegsurround-
soundgfeaturesgasgshegoriginallygthoughtgitgmust,gandgthereforegshegwantsgher
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