Acceptance Self-Quiz
On March 30th, Sol celebrated
his fiftieth birthday by attending a surprise party that his daughter,
Michelle, threw in his honor. One of the guests at the party is David,
the harpist for the symphony. David is widely considered to be the greatest
classical harpist in the world. Knowing that her father is an avid classical
music fan, Michelle takes David aside and promises to pay him $500 if
David promises to give a one hour concert before the guests leave. Without
replying to Michelle, David turns his attention to the guests, asks for
quiet and begins to play. About twenty minutes into the concert, Michelle
tells David that she is withdrawing her offer and will not pay the $500.
David sues Michelle for breach of contract. David will probably:
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On March 30th, Sol celebrated
his fiftieth birthday by attending a surprise party that his daughter,
Michelle, threw in his honor. One of the guests at the party is David,
the harpist for the symphony. David is widely considered to be the greatest
classical harpist in the world. Knowing that her father is an avid classical
music fan, Michelle takes David aside and promises to pay him $500 if
David promises to give a one hour concert before the guests leave. Without
replying to Michelle, David turns his attention to the guests, asks for
quiet and begins to play. After David finishes the concert, Michelle tells
him that she is withdrawing her offer and will not pay the $500. David
sues Michelle for breach of contract. David will probably:
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On March 30th, Sol celebrated
his fiftieth birthday by attending a surprise party that his daughter,
Michelle, threw in his honor. One of the guests at the party is David,
the harpist for the symphony. David is widely considered to be the greatest
classical harpist in the world. Knowing that her father is an avid classical
music fan, Michelle takes David aside and promises to pay him $500 if
David gives a one hour concert before the guests leave. David promises
that he will give the concert at the end of the party. Before David begins
playing, Michelle tells him that she is withdrawing her offer and will
not pay the $500. David sues Michelle for breach of contract. David will
probably:
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Paul hires Ringo to redo
the roof of his band’s recording studio. Paul agrees to pay Ringo
$5,000 and Ringo agrees to complete the job in two weeks. True to his
word, Ringo completes the job in two weeks. However, he forgets to tell
Paul that he has finished. One week later, having not received the $5,000
from Paul, Ringo files suit against Paul for breach of contract. Ringo
will win this case:
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Before leaving on an extended
vacation, Paul hires Ringo to redo the roof of his band’s recording
studio. Paul agrees to pay Ringo $5,000 and Ringo agrees to complete the
job in two weeks. True to his word, Ringo completes the job in two weeks.
However, he forgets to tell Paul that he has finished. Nine months later,
Ringo contacts Paul, who is still on vacation, and tells him that the
roof is finished. Paul informs Ringo that he will not be paying Ringo
the $5,000. Ringo files suit against Paul for breach of contract. Ringo
will win this case:
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Paul hires Ringo to redo
the roof of his band’s recording studio. Paul is about to go on
a two week vacation but, when he returns, he plans on recording an album
in the studio. Paul agrees to pay Ringo $5,000 and Ringo agrees to complete
the job in two weeks. True to his word, Ringo completes the job in two
weeks. However, he forgets to tell Paul that he has finished. A few days
after Ringo finishes the work, Paul returns from vacation and goes to
the studio to begin work on his album. Upon arriving at the studio, he
sees that the roof has been finished. However, Paul does not send Ringo
the $5,000 he owes him. One month later, having not received the $5,000
from Paul, Ringo files suit against Paul for breach of contract. Ringo
will win this case:
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The symphony has just finished
a performance at Carnegie Hall. The performance featured a lengthy solo
by David, who was playing a special hand held harp crafted specially for
this performance. Unfortunately, the harp goes missing after the performance.
David looks all over for the instrument but it is nowhere to be found.
David places an add in the New York Times, offering a reward of $1,000
to anybody who finds and returns the harp to him. About a week later,
Sol finds the harp in a dumpster in the back of Carnegie Hall. Sol goes
to the symphony as often as he can and he recognizes the harp as belonging
to David as soon as he sees it. Not knowing of the reward offer, Sol immediately
makes his way over to the symphony’s rehearsal site and returns
the harp to David. When David tells Sol to wait for a minute while David
gets the reward money, Sol says “I didn’t even know that there
was a reward for returning the harp.” When David hears this, he
refuses to pay the $1,000. If Sol sues David for breach of contract, Sol
will probably:
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The symphony has just finished
a performance at Carnegie Hall. The performance featured a lengthy solo
by David, who was playing a special hand held harp crafted specially for
this performance. Unfortunately, the harp goes missing after the performance.
David looks all over for the instrument but it is nowhere to be found.
David places an add in the New York Times, offering a reward of $1,000
to anybody who finds and returns the harp to him. About a week later,
Sol finds the harp in a dumpster in the back of Carnegie Hall. Remembering
that he had seen an add offering a reward for the harps return, Sol immediately
makes his way over to the symphony’s rehearsal site and returns
the harp to David. Sol tells David “I know that there is a reward
for returning the harp but I want you to know that I think returning lost
property to people is the moral thing to do and I would have brought the
harp back to you anyway.” When David hears this, he refuses to pay
the $1,000. If Sol sues David for breach of contract, Sol will probably:
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The symphony is getting
ready to go on a concert tour of the United States and in preparation
for the trip, new bows for all of the string instrument players are ordered.
David, a member of the symphony who is coordinating the trip contacts
the Merry Melody Music Supply Co. and orders fifty new bows made of oak
wood and horse hair to be delivered on April 1st. In response to the order,
Merry ships David fifty bows made of oak wood and willow reeds. David
decides to keep the bows but he sues Merry for breach of contract anyway.
David will probably:
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The symphony is getting
ready to go on a concert tour of the United States and in preparation
for the trip, new bows for all of the string instrument players are ordered.
David, a member of the symphony who is coordinating the trip contacts
the Merry Melody Music Supply Co. and orders fifty new bows made of oak
wood and horse hair to be delivered on April 1st. In response to the order,
Merry ships David fifty bows made of oak wood and willow reeds. Enclosed
with the bows is a note that says “Dear David, we have enclosed
bows made of willow reeds because horse hair bows are very difficult to
find right now. Rest assured that bows made of willow reeds work just
as well as those made of horse hair. Let us know if you are satisfied.”
David decides to keep the bows but he sues Merry for breach of contract
anyway. David will probably:
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