BLAW 3201 - Fry
LSU BLAW 3201 FRY FINAL EXAM STUDY
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
A contract contains the provision, "Walter Hamilton promises to pay Faye Weeks
$1,200 for a 2003 V-6 motor provided that Phelps' Garage approves the quality of
the motor." This provision:
a. makes the contract unenforceable since Walter's promise is illusory.
b. creates an express condition which must be met before Walter's duty to pay
arises.
c. cannot create an express condition because it lacks the necessary words "on
condition that."
d. cannot be valid since it makes Walter's duty to pay dependent upon the opinion
of a third party. -Correct Answer ✔creates an express condition which must be met
before Walter's duty to pay arises.
William has a contract to build a new office building for Angela. The contract
contains a provision requiring William to furnish a certificate of occupancy from
the building inspector before Angela is required to pay. This provision is:
a. an express condition.
b. an implied-in-fact condition.
c. an implied-in-law condition.
d. a condition subsequent. -Correct Answer ✔an express condition.
Which of the following is a contract with a condition subsequent?
a. Rhonda enters into a contract to buy a new car conditional upon her getting a
loan from her bank.
b. Roger bought a VCR, but he may return the VCR within ten days and get all of
his money back.
c. Both (a) and (b) are examples of a condition subsequent.
d. Neither (a) nor (b) is an example of a condition subsequent. -Correct Answer
✔Roger bought a VCR, but he may return the VCR within ten days and get all of
his money back.
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A(n) ____ is a substituted contract that involves an agreement among three parties
to substitute a new promisee in place of an existing promisee, or to replace an
existing promisor with a new one. -Correct Answer ✔novation
A(n) ____ is a contract between a promisee and a promisor by which the promisee
agrees to accept and the promisor agrees to render a substituted performance in
satisfaction of an existing contractual duty. -Correct Answer ✔accord
Which of the following is/are correct with regard to conditions subsequent?
a. Conditions subsequent are quite common in contracts.
b. A "sale or return" contract is an example of a contract with a condition
subsequent.
c. A condition subsequent must occur before performance is due under a contract.
d. All of the above are correct. -Correct Answer ✔A "sale or return" contract is an
example of a contract with a condition subsequent.
Bill recently borrowed $50 from Ricardo for a couple of weeks. Bill, still short of
cash, tells Ricardo, "I will wash and wax your car in exchange for the $50 I owe
you." Ricardo tells Bill, "OK, that's great!" Ricardo's performance of his new duty
will be a(n): -Correct Answer ✔satisfaction.
On November 1, Paula and Roberta enter into a contract where both parties are
obligated to perform on December 31. On December 1, Paula tells Roberta, "I can,
in no way, perform my duties in our contract." This statement is a(n): -Correct
Answer ✔anticipatory repudiation.
A and B enter into a contract on January 1 of this year. A's friend C tells A, "The
law generally restricts the time within which an action can be brought by either
party to a contract." C's statement is: -Correct Answer ✔true, because of statutes of
limitation.
The Code greatly alters the common law doctrine of material breach by adopting
what is known as the:
a. perfect tender rule.
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b. anticipatory repudiation rule.
c. prevention of performance rule.
d. discharge by operation of rule law. -Correct Answer ✔perfect tender rule.
Unless one of the parties contractually assumes the risk, the ____ discharges a
contract if supervening circumstances make fulfillment of the purpose which both
parties had in mind impossible. -Correct Answer ✔frustration of purpose doctrine
Meg has contracted to paint a portrait of Julio, but dies before completing the
portrait. Which of the following is correct?
a. Meg's executor must find a capable artist to complete the work to Julio's
satisfaction.
b. Meg's contractual duty is discharged due to objective impossibility.
c. A novation must be entered between Julio and a third person in order to
discharge Meg's duty under the contract.
d. Meg's contractual duty is discharged due to subjective impossibility. -Correct
Answer ✔Meg's contractual duty is discharged due to objective impossibility.
Refusal of a tender of performance by one party to a bilateral contract will: -
Correct Answer ✔be treated as a repudiation, excusing the tendering party from
further duty of performance under the contract.
Conditions may be classified:
a. by how they are imposed.
b. by when they affect a duty of performance.
c. Both (a) and (b); they are not mutually exclusive.
d. Neither (a) nor (b). -Correct Answer ✔Both (a) and (b); they are not mutually
exclusive.
Which of the following would be considered a material breach of a contract?
a. Partial performance that omits some essential part of the contract.
b. Delivery of 50 chairs in a contract that calls for 100 chairs.
c. An intentional breach of the contract.
d. All of the above would be material breaches.
BLAW 3201 - Fry
LSU BLAW 3201 FRY FINAL EXAM STUDY
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
A contract contains the provision, "Walter Hamilton promises to pay Faye Weeks
$1,200 for a 2003 V-6 motor provided that Phelps' Garage approves the quality of
the motor." This provision:
a. makes the contract unenforceable since Walter's promise is illusory.
b. creates an express condition which must be met before Walter's duty to pay
arises.
c. cannot create an express condition because it lacks the necessary words "on
condition that."
d. cannot be valid since it makes Walter's duty to pay dependent upon the opinion
of a third party. -Correct Answer ✔creates an express condition which must be met
before Walter's duty to pay arises.
William has a contract to build a new office building for Angela. The contract
contains a provision requiring William to furnish a certificate of occupancy from
the building inspector before Angela is required to pay. This provision is:
a. an express condition.
b. an implied-in-fact condition.
c. an implied-in-law condition.
d. a condition subsequent. -Correct Answer ✔an express condition.
Which of the following is a contract with a condition subsequent?
a. Rhonda enters into a contract to buy a new car conditional upon her getting a
loan from her bank.
b. Roger bought a VCR, but he may return the VCR within ten days and get all of
his money back.
c. Both (a) and (b) are examples of a condition subsequent.
d. Neither (a) nor (b) is an example of a condition subsequent. -Correct Answer
✔Roger bought a VCR, but he may return the VCR within ten days and get all of
his money back.
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,BLAW 3201 - Fry
A(n) ____ is a substituted contract that involves an agreement among three parties
to substitute a new promisee in place of an existing promisee, or to replace an
existing promisor with a new one. -Correct Answer ✔novation
A(n) ____ is a contract between a promisee and a promisor by which the promisee
agrees to accept and the promisor agrees to render a substituted performance in
satisfaction of an existing contractual duty. -Correct Answer ✔accord
Which of the following is/are correct with regard to conditions subsequent?
a. Conditions subsequent are quite common in contracts.
b. A "sale or return" contract is an example of a contract with a condition
subsequent.
c. A condition subsequent must occur before performance is due under a contract.
d. All of the above are correct. -Correct Answer ✔A "sale or return" contract is an
example of a contract with a condition subsequent.
Bill recently borrowed $50 from Ricardo for a couple of weeks. Bill, still short of
cash, tells Ricardo, "I will wash and wax your car in exchange for the $50 I owe
you." Ricardo tells Bill, "OK, that's great!" Ricardo's performance of his new duty
will be a(n): -Correct Answer ✔satisfaction.
On November 1, Paula and Roberta enter into a contract where both parties are
obligated to perform on December 31. On December 1, Paula tells Roberta, "I can,
in no way, perform my duties in our contract." This statement is a(n): -Correct
Answer ✔anticipatory repudiation.
A and B enter into a contract on January 1 of this year. A's friend C tells A, "The
law generally restricts the time within which an action can be brought by either
party to a contract." C's statement is: -Correct Answer ✔true, because of statutes of
limitation.
The Code greatly alters the common law doctrine of material breach by adopting
what is known as the:
a. perfect tender rule.
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, BLAW 3201 - Fry
b. anticipatory repudiation rule.
c. prevention of performance rule.
d. discharge by operation of rule law. -Correct Answer ✔perfect tender rule.
Unless one of the parties contractually assumes the risk, the ____ discharges a
contract if supervening circumstances make fulfillment of the purpose which both
parties had in mind impossible. -Correct Answer ✔frustration of purpose doctrine
Meg has contracted to paint a portrait of Julio, but dies before completing the
portrait. Which of the following is correct?
a. Meg's executor must find a capable artist to complete the work to Julio's
satisfaction.
b. Meg's contractual duty is discharged due to objective impossibility.
c. A novation must be entered between Julio and a third person in order to
discharge Meg's duty under the contract.
d. Meg's contractual duty is discharged due to subjective impossibility. -Correct
Answer ✔Meg's contractual duty is discharged due to objective impossibility.
Refusal of a tender of performance by one party to a bilateral contract will: -
Correct Answer ✔be treated as a repudiation, excusing the tendering party from
further duty of performance under the contract.
Conditions may be classified:
a. by how they are imposed.
b. by when they affect a duty of performance.
c. Both (a) and (b); they are not mutually exclusive.
d. Neither (a) nor (b). -Correct Answer ✔Both (a) and (b); they are not mutually
exclusive.
Which of the following would be considered a material breach of a contract?
a. Partial performance that omits some essential part of the contract.
b. Delivery of 50 chairs in a contract that calls for 100 chairs.
c. An intentional breach of the contract.
d. All of the above would be material breaches.
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