Module Quizzes
Each scored module ends with a short in-class quiz on the capstone day. 6 scored quizzes a year, 3 in the fall and 3 in the spring, each worth 5% of the term grade. They are not a midterm; they are spaced low-stakes signal about whether the doctrine is sticking before the final.
Format
- Items. 20 to 25 multiple-choice, drawn from a 400+ item bank covering the doctrine in the module.
- Time. 25 minutes, in class, on the capstone day.
- Delivery. Brightspace on your laptop. Single attempt. Question order and choice order both shuffled.
- Weight. 5% each. 15% of the term grade from quizzes combined.
- Source. Items adapted from Oranburg, Contract Law (2d ed. 2025) and the companion bank.
Module I orientation quiz
Module I has an at-home orientation quiz in week one. It is ungraded, completion only, and calibrates you to the item format before the first scored quiz. Treat it as a no-stakes diagnostic.
When each quiz happens
| Term | Module | Capstone date |
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Module II: Mutual Assent | Thu, Oct 1, 2026 |
| Fall | Module III: Consideration | Tue, Oct 20, 2026 |
| Fall | Module IV: Defenses | Thu, Nov 12, 2026 |
| Spring | Module V: Interpretation | Thu, Feb 11, 2027 |
| Spring | Module VI: Performance & Breach | Thu, Mar 18, 2027 |
| Spring | Module VII: Money Damages | Tue, Apr 27, 2027 |
What each module quiz tests
Each quiz draws from the chapters listed below and targets the module-level objectives those chapters carry. The Bloom mix names the rough share of items at each cognitive level so you can prepare to the level the quiz actually asks.
| Module | Chapters | Topic coverage | Bloom mix |
|---|---|---|---|
| II: Mutual Assent Fall | Ch 3–6 | Offer, acceptance, and termination of the power of acceptance; offer-certainty under R2d § 33; the Mirror Image Rule and UCC § 2-207 Battle of the Forms; the Mailbox Rule and its exceptions; misunderstanding under R2d § 20. | Roughly 60% Apply, 30% Analyze, 10% Evaluate (certainty items). |
| III: Consideration Fall | Ch 7–9 | Bargained-for exchange under R2d § 71; gifts, conditional gifts, past consideration, illusory promises, and preexisting duty; promissory estoppel under R2d § 90; the material benefit rule under R2d § 86. | Roughly 55% Apply, 35% Analyze, 10% Evaluate (reliance-cap items). |
| IV: Defenses Fall | Ch 10–13 | Statute of Frauds (R2d § 110, UCC § 2-201) and its exceptions; mutual and unilateral mistake; misrepresentation and the duty to disclose; duress, undue influence, and unconscionability; the incapacity doctrines. | Roughly 65% Apply, 25% Analyze, 10% Evaluate (justifiable reliance items). |
| V: Interpretation Spring | Ch 14–18 | Patent versus latent ambiguity; the plain meaning rule and the canons (noscitur a sociis, ejusdem generis, contra proferentem); course of performance, dealing, and trade usage under UCC § 1-303; the Parol Evidence Rule under R2d § 213; warranty disclaimer and remedy limitation under UCC §§ 2-316 and 2-719. | Roughly 50% Apply, 30% Analyze, 20% Evaluate (ranking and disclaimer items). |
| VI: Performance & Breach Spring | Ch 19–23 | Express and implied conditions and prevention of forfeiture; material breach under R2d § 241 versus substantial performance; the UCC Perfect Tender Rule and the right to cure; anticipatory repudiation and assurances under R2d § 251 and UCC § 2-609; the excuse triad (impossibility, impracticability, frustration); modification, accord, novation under R2d § 89 and UCC § 2-209. | Roughly 60% Apply, 35% Analyze, 5% Evaluate. |
| VII: Money Damages Spring | Ch 24–28 | Expectation, reliance, and restitution measures under R2d § 347; UCC buyer and seller remedies (cover, market-price, resale, lost profits, lost-volume seller); cost-of-completion versus diminution-in-value; foreseeability, certainty, and mitigation limits; specific performance, restitution to the breaching party, and the penalty-rule check on liquidated damages; third-party beneficiaries. | Roughly 45% Apply (calculation items), 30% Analyze, 25% Evaluate (remedy selection, penalty rule). |
Prepare
The MCQ guide and trainer on Exam Prep teach the technique on worked examples and twelve representative items.