QUESTIONS,hWITHhSOLUTIONShANDhEXPLANATIONS,
FROMhPRIORhBULh4310hEXAMShOFhTESThTWOhMATERIAL
©hRoberthW.hEmerson,hJuneh15,h2021
Thehhundredshofhquestionshbelowhhavehbeenhputhintohthesehthreehoverallhtopics,hcoveredhinhthi
shorderhduringhthishsemester.
Contractsh(Questionsh1-240) Pagesh h 1-114
ThehFirsthAmendmenthandhFreedomhofhSpeechh(Questionsh241-259) Pagesh114-
122hEmploymenthDiscriminationhLawh(Questionsh260-294) Pagesh122-138
Ithishveryhlikelyhusefulhforhyouhtohpracticehtakinghtestshbyhstartinghwithhthehotherhdocumenthalsohpos
tedhonhthehcoursehwebsite,hcontaininghthesehquestionshbuthwithouththehanswershandhexplanations.h
Afterhyouhpractice,hthenhyouhcanhlookhaththishdocumenthandhreadhthehexplanations,hevenhforhthehque
stionshyouhansweredhcorrectly.h (Youhmayhstillhlearnhfromhdiscussionhorhpagehreferenceshthathyouhh
adhnothalreadyhthoroughlyhconsidered.)
Whilehtherehnowharehonlyhmultiple-choicehquestionshonhthehtests,htherehwerehtrue-
falsehinhtheh past,hsohahnumberhofhthehpracticehquestionshhereharehtrue-
false.h Thehsubstancehofhthosehtrue-
falsehquestionshremainshquitehpertinent,handhahnumberhofhmultiple-
choicehquestionshonhtestshmayhhaveh ahtrue-
falsehelementhtohthemh(e.g.,h“Pickhthehtruehstatement”horh“pickhthehfalsehstatement”h(ofhthehfivehstat
ements,ha-e,hforhthathquestion).
Ihhavehdividedhthehquestionshbyhtopicsh(threehsections),hsohyouhcanhstarthonhthemhbeforehc
ompletinghallhofhyourhstudieshofhthehmaterialhforhParthOne.h However,hinhthehtesthitself,hthe
hquestionshrandomlyhcoverhthehtopicshfromhthroughouthParthOne.
Barron’shreferencesharehtohRoberthW.hEmerson,hBusinesshLawh(Barron’s,h6thhed.h2015).hReferenc
eshtoh“LSB”harehtohRoberthW.hEmerson,hLaw,hSocietyhandhBusinesshTargethCopy,h2021).hThehnumb
erhafterhahbookhreferencehishahpagehnumberh–
he.g.,hLSBh28hmeanshtheh28thhpagehofhthehLSBhbook.h Pagehreferencesharehgeneralhandhmay,honhocc
asion,hbehoffhbyhahpagehorhtwo.
Referenceshtohanswershcominghfromhlectures,hofhcourse,husuallyhreferhtohlectureshfromhprevioushsem
esters,hashordinarilyhwehhavehnothgottenhtohthathmaterialhyeththishsemester.h Mosthofhthosehlecturehdi
scussionshlikelyhwillhoccurhthishsemesterhashwell.
Ashwithhallhmaterialhpostedhonhthehcoursehwebsite,hyouharehfreehtohprinththishouthandhbringhithtohthehte
st.h Ihamhneitherhrecommendinghthathapproachh(lotshofhpaper!),hnorhdiscouraginghit,hbuthsimplyhnoti
nghthathithishentirelyhyourhcallhwhetherhtohemployhthathstrategy.
Contractsh(Questionsh1-240)
1. Pickhthehtruehstatement.
a. FacthPattern:hSam,hahknownhalcoholichwhohliveshnexthdoor,hcomeshoverhonehdayhandhsayshth
1
,athsincehyouhhavehbeenhsuchhahgreathneighbor,hhehwillhsellhyouhhish$100,000hhousehforhonly
$60,000.h Samhishobviouslyhintoxicated.hYouhimmediatelyhagreehandhdrafthahcontracthforhthehsal
e.hSamhsignshithandhleaves,hbuthahweekhlaterhhehcomeshtohyouhandhclaimshhehdidn’thknow
2
, whathhehwashdoinghandhwantshtohdisaffirmhthehcontract.hStatement:
hSamhishlegallyhboundhtohthehtermshofhthehcontract.
Answer:hFalse.hAhkeyhfacthishthaththishhomehworthh$100,000hwashsoldhforh$60,000h–
hahvastlyhlowhpricehthaththehneighborhmusthhavehknownhwashridiculouslyhlow.hTherehwashnoh
otherhconsiderationhtohcompensatehforhthathhugehdifferential.h Thus,hthehneighborhwashputho
nhnoticehthathahmistakehorhthathSamh–hknownhtohbehahdrunkard,handhobviouslyhintoxicatedh–
hwashincapacitated.hSeehLSBh272.-hHabitualhdrunkardhstatutes.hBarron’shpageh132.
b. FacthPattern:hSidneyhandhHallehcreatehanhintegratedhcontracththathcompletelyhandhunambiguo
uslyhlayshouththehtermshofhtheirhagreement.h SidneyhishtohwashhHalle’shcarhwithhsoaphandhwater,hv
acuumheveryhroomhinhherhhouse,handhmowhherhlawn.h HallehishtohpayhSidneyh$200hforhallhofhthis.h
Ahdisputeheruptshbetweenhthehtwohpartieshoverhthehtermshofhtheirhcontract.h HallehargueshthathSid
neyhhadhmentionedhthathSidneyhwouldhwaxhthehcar,halso.h Hallehattemptshtohofferhevidencehthath
Sidneyhagreedhtohwaxhithandhevenhaskedhwhathkindhofhwaxhtohuse.hStatement:hOrdinarily,hHallehc
anhpresenththathevidence.
Answer:hFalse.h LSBh300-
301.hInhanhintegratedhcontract,hcourtshmusthstickhtohthehexpresshtermshofhthehcontracthandhex
cludehanyhextraneoushevidence.hHere,hthehcontracthspecificallyhonlyhmentionshsoaphandhwate
r.
c. Statement:hSeekinghanhorderhofhspecifichperformancehcanhservehashahvaluablehpost-
hjudgmenthbargaininghtoolhtohinducehahlosinghdefendanthtohagreehtohahnewhcontracthmorehattractiveht
ohthehplaintiff.
Answer:hTrue.h Barron’shpageh171-
172.h“SpecifichPerformance”hcovershthishquestion.hLSBh336hcovershthishashwell.h Note:hAnhinj
unctionhorderinghspecifichperformancehcompelshthehlosinghpartyhtohtakehactionshtohconformh
withhthehtermshofhthehcontracth-
he.g.,hturnhoverhthehdeedhtohthehproperty,hhandhoverhthehrarehcoin,hetc.hSometimes, hratherhtha
nhdohthat,hahdefendanthmayhpreferhtohreachhanotherhagreementhwithhthehwinninghplaintiffh-
he.g.,hpayhhimhsomethinghtohholdhontohthehrealhestatehorhthehrarehcoin.
d. FacthPattern:hSalhownshahbaseballhcardhstorehandhishsellinghahRobhEmersonhrookiehcardhforh5
0hcents.hThirteen-year-
oldhTimmyhcomeshinhandhbuyshthehcard.h AshTimmyhwalkshout,hSalhopenshahpricehguidehandhseeshtha
ththehcardhhashgonehuphinhvaluehsincehthehlasthissue,htoh$500.h HehcatcheshTimmyhoutsidehthehstorehan
dhtellshTimmyhthathhehmadehahmistakehandhthehcardhmusthbehreturnedhorhTimmyhmusthpayhtheh$500.
Statement:hTimmyhmusthreturnhthehcardhorhpayhtheh$500.
Answer:hFalse,hmistakehinhvaluehishnothvalidhgroundshforhvoidinghahcontracthandhunilateralh
mistakehbyhthehpartyhbesthsuitedhforhcatchinghsuchhahmistakehishnothvoidable.h Timmy’shinfa
ncyhcannothbehusedhagainsthhim.hLSBh266.
e. Statement:hAhmerchant’shfailurehtohanswerhahcustomer’shmaterialhquestionhabouththeh
merchant’shgoodshgenerallyhwillhnothsufficehashanhelementhofhfraud.
Answer:hFalse.hSilencehishnothahfraud,hbuthfailurehtohanswerhahquestionhis.h SeehLSBh258-
259;hLectures;hBarron’shpageh118.
2. Janehwalkshintohanhelectronicshshophtohlookhathstereos.h Shehfindshahstereohthathhashlabelshonhithre
adingh“allhthehfeatureshyouhcouldhwanthandhmore.”hJanehdecideshtohpurchasehthehstereo.h Thehstore
hclerkhtellshJanehthathshehhashtenhdayshtohtryhouththehstereohrisk-
free,hduringhwhichhshehcanhreturnhithforhahfullhrefund.h Ahmonthhlater,hJanehbringshbackhthehstereoh
andhsayshthathithdoeshnothhavehsurround-
3
, soundhfeatureshashshehoriginallyhthoughthithmust,handhthereforehshehwantshherhmoneyhback.h Thehc
lerkhrefuses.h Choosehthehbesthanswer:
4
FROMhPRIORhBULh4310hEXAMShOFhTESThTWOhMATERIAL
©hRoberthW.hEmerson,hJuneh15,h2021
Thehhundredshofhquestionshbelowhhavehbeenhputhintohthesehthreehoverallhtopics,hcoveredhinhthi
shorderhduringhthishsemester.
Contractsh(Questionsh1-240) Pagesh h 1-114
ThehFirsthAmendmenthandhFreedomhofhSpeechh(Questionsh241-259) Pagesh114-
122hEmploymenthDiscriminationhLawh(Questionsh260-294) Pagesh122-138
Ithishveryhlikelyhusefulhforhyouhtohpracticehtakinghtestshbyhstartinghwithhthehotherhdocumenthalsohpos
tedhonhthehcoursehwebsite,hcontaininghthesehquestionshbuthwithouththehanswershandhexplanations.h
Afterhyouhpractice,hthenhyouhcanhlookhaththishdocumenthandhreadhthehexplanations,hevenhforhthehque
stionshyouhansweredhcorrectly.h (Youhmayhstillhlearnhfromhdiscussionhorhpagehreferenceshthathyouhh
adhnothalreadyhthoroughlyhconsidered.)
Whilehtherehnowharehonlyhmultiple-choicehquestionshonhthehtests,htherehwerehtrue-
falsehinhtheh past,hsohahnumberhofhthehpracticehquestionshhereharehtrue-
false.h Thehsubstancehofhthosehtrue-
falsehquestionshremainshquitehpertinent,handhahnumberhofhmultiple-
choicehquestionshonhtestshmayhhaveh ahtrue-
falsehelementhtohthemh(e.g.,h“Pickhthehtruehstatement”horh“pickhthehfalsehstatement”h(ofhthehfivehstat
ements,ha-e,hforhthathquestion).
Ihhavehdividedhthehquestionshbyhtopicsh(threehsections),hsohyouhcanhstarthonhthemhbeforehc
ompletinghallhofhyourhstudieshofhthehmaterialhforhParthOne.h However,hinhthehtesthitself,hthe
hquestionshrandomlyhcoverhthehtopicshfromhthroughouthParthOne.
Barron’shreferencesharehtohRoberthW.hEmerson,hBusinesshLawh(Barron’s,h6thhed.h2015).hReferenc
eshtoh“LSB”harehtohRoberthW.hEmerson,hLaw,hSocietyhandhBusinesshTargethCopy,h2021).hThehnumb
erhafterhahbookhreferencehishahpagehnumberh–
he.g.,hLSBh28hmeanshtheh28thhpagehofhthehLSBhbook.h Pagehreferencesharehgeneralhandhmay,honhocc
asion,hbehoffhbyhahpagehorhtwo.
Referenceshtohanswershcominghfromhlectures,hofhcourse,husuallyhreferhtohlectureshfromhprevioushsem
esters,hashordinarilyhwehhavehnothgottenhtohthathmaterialhyeththishsemester.h Mosthofhthosehlecturehdi
scussionshlikelyhwillhoccurhthishsemesterhashwell.
Ashwithhallhmaterialhpostedhonhthehcoursehwebsite,hyouharehfreehtohprinththishouthandhbringhithtohthehte
st.h Ihamhneitherhrecommendinghthathapproachh(lotshofhpaper!),hnorhdiscouraginghit,hbuthsimplyhnoti
nghthathithishentirelyhyourhcallhwhetherhtohemployhthathstrategy.
Contractsh(Questionsh1-240)
1. Pickhthehtruehstatement.
a. FacthPattern:hSam,hahknownhalcoholichwhohliveshnexthdoor,hcomeshoverhonehdayhandhsayshth
1
,athsincehyouhhavehbeenhsuchhahgreathneighbor,hhehwillhsellhyouhhish$100,000hhousehforhonly
$60,000.h Samhishobviouslyhintoxicated.hYouhimmediatelyhagreehandhdrafthahcontracthforhthehsal
e.hSamhsignshithandhleaves,hbuthahweekhlaterhhehcomeshtohyouhandhclaimshhehdidn’thknow
2
, whathhehwashdoinghandhwantshtohdisaffirmhthehcontract.hStatement:
hSamhishlegallyhboundhtohthehtermshofhthehcontract.
Answer:hFalse.hAhkeyhfacthishthaththishhomehworthh$100,000hwashsoldhforh$60,000h–
hahvastlyhlowhpricehthaththehneighborhmusthhavehknownhwashridiculouslyhlow.hTherehwashnoh
otherhconsiderationhtohcompensatehforhthathhugehdifferential.h Thus,hthehneighborhwashputho
nhnoticehthathahmistakehorhthathSamh–hknownhtohbehahdrunkard,handhobviouslyhintoxicatedh–
hwashincapacitated.hSeehLSBh272.-hHabitualhdrunkardhstatutes.hBarron’shpageh132.
b. FacthPattern:hSidneyhandhHallehcreatehanhintegratedhcontracththathcompletelyhandhunambiguo
uslyhlayshouththehtermshofhtheirhagreement.h SidneyhishtohwashhHalle’shcarhwithhsoaphandhwater,hv
acuumheveryhroomhinhherhhouse,handhmowhherhlawn.h HallehishtohpayhSidneyh$200hforhallhofhthis.h
Ahdisputeheruptshbetweenhthehtwohpartieshoverhthehtermshofhtheirhcontract.h HallehargueshthathSid
neyhhadhmentionedhthathSidneyhwouldhwaxhthehcar,halso.h Hallehattemptshtohofferhevidencehthath
Sidneyhagreedhtohwaxhithandhevenhaskedhwhathkindhofhwaxhtohuse.hStatement:hOrdinarily,hHallehc
anhpresenththathevidence.
Answer:hFalse.h LSBh300-
301.hInhanhintegratedhcontract,hcourtshmusthstickhtohthehexpresshtermshofhthehcontracthandhex
cludehanyhextraneoushevidence.hHere,hthehcontracthspecificallyhonlyhmentionshsoaphandhwate
r.
c. Statement:hSeekinghanhorderhofhspecifichperformancehcanhservehashahvaluablehpost-
hjudgmenthbargaininghtoolhtohinducehahlosinghdefendanthtohagreehtohahnewhcontracthmorehattractiveht
ohthehplaintiff.
Answer:hTrue.h Barron’shpageh171-
172.h“SpecifichPerformance”hcovershthishquestion.hLSBh336hcovershthishashwell.h Note:hAnhinj
unctionhorderinghspecifichperformancehcompelshthehlosinghpartyhtohtakehactionshtohconformh
withhthehtermshofhthehcontracth-
he.g.,hturnhoverhthehdeedhtohthehproperty,hhandhoverhthehrarehcoin,hetc.hSometimes, hratherhtha
nhdohthat,hahdefendanthmayhpreferhtohreachhanotherhagreementhwithhthehwinninghplaintiffh-
he.g.,hpayhhimhsomethinghtohholdhontohthehrealhestatehorhthehrarehcoin.
d. FacthPattern:hSalhownshahbaseballhcardhstorehandhishsellinghahRobhEmersonhrookiehcardhforh5
0hcents.hThirteen-year-
oldhTimmyhcomeshinhandhbuyshthehcard.h AshTimmyhwalkshout,hSalhopenshahpricehguidehandhseeshtha
ththehcardhhashgonehuphinhvaluehsincehthehlasthissue,htoh$500.h HehcatcheshTimmyhoutsidehthehstorehan
dhtellshTimmyhthathhehmadehahmistakehandhthehcardhmusthbehreturnedhorhTimmyhmusthpayhtheh$500.
Statement:hTimmyhmusthreturnhthehcardhorhpayhtheh$500.
Answer:hFalse,hmistakehinhvaluehishnothvalidhgroundshforhvoidinghahcontracthandhunilateralh
mistakehbyhthehpartyhbesthsuitedhforhcatchinghsuchhahmistakehishnothvoidable.h Timmy’shinfa
ncyhcannothbehusedhagainsthhim.hLSBh266.
e. Statement:hAhmerchant’shfailurehtohanswerhahcustomer’shmaterialhquestionhabouththeh
merchant’shgoodshgenerallyhwillhnothsufficehashanhelementhofhfraud.
Answer:hFalse.hSilencehishnothahfraud,hbuthfailurehtohanswerhahquestionhis.h SeehLSBh258-
259;hLectures;hBarron’shpageh118.
2. Janehwalkshintohanhelectronicshshophtohlookhathstereos.h Shehfindshahstereohthathhashlabelshonhithre
adingh“allhthehfeatureshyouhcouldhwanthandhmore.”hJanehdecideshtohpurchasehthehstereo.h Thehstore
hclerkhtellshJanehthathshehhashtenhdayshtohtryhouththehstereohrisk-
free,hduringhwhichhshehcanhreturnhithforhahfullhrefund.h Ahmonthhlater,hJanehbringshbackhthehstereoh
andhsayshthathithdoeshnothhavehsurround-
3
, soundhfeatureshashshehoriginallyhthoughthithmust,handhthereforehshehwantshherhmoneyhback.h Thehc
lerkhrefuses.h Choosehthehbesthanswer:
4
