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31) What was the result in the case discussed in the text Andrus v. State Department of Transportation, and City of Olympia in which the plaintiff sued because a job offer was allegedly revoked? A) The plaintiff won because the city had validly offered him a job and had no right to revoke it. B) The defendant won because the purported job offer contained insufficient information to be considered reasonably certain in regard to its terms. C) The defendant won because it had truly received a bad reference. D) The plaintiff won because, while there was no contract, the court ruled that the city was not allowed to mislead him on equitable grounds and also on grounds of unlawful discrimination. E) The defendant won because the plaintiff had not specifically accepted the job. 32) Which of the following is true when an offer authorizes a certain mode of acceptance but does not require it, and an offeree attempts to accept the offer through a method other than the authorized means? A) The contract is not formed until the acceptance is received by the offeror. B) Authorizing but not requiring a certain type of acceptance has no effect, and the mailbox rule applies. C) There is a contract only if the acceptance is received by the time that acceptance through the authorized means would have been received. D) There is no contract, and the attempted acceptance is of no effect. E) The acceptance becomes a counteroffer that the original offeror may or may not accept. 33) Bailey is selling his baseball cards. He writes his friend Molly a letter and tells her she can buy the cards for $100. He closes his later saying: “If you want to buy the cards, let me know by next month. You can give me a call or whatever.” Two days later, Bailey receives a letter from Molly saying she will buy the cards for $100. Does Bailey have to sell Molly the cards? A) Yes, but only if Molly goes to pick up the cards and bring him the $100 within two days of the time her letter is received. B) No because there was no definite offer. C) Yes because Molly’s letter accepting Bailey’s offer was received, and Bailey only suggested that Mary call to accept; he did not require it. D) No because there was no definite acceptance. E) No because Molly did not call Bailey via phone to accept his offer. 34) Which of the following are ways in which an offer can be terminated: A) Revocation, acceptance, counteroffer, illegality, lapse of time. B) Rejection, counteroffer, illegality, acceptance, adhesion, lapse of time, bilateral termination C) Revocation, adhesion, unilateral termination, bilateral termination. D) Unilateral termination, bilateral termination, illegality, incapacity, and acceptance. E) Revocation, rejection, counteroffer, illegality, death, incapacity, and lapse of time. 35) Which of the following is the phrase used to explain why an offeror has the right to revoke an offer before acceptance? A) The offeror is the “adjudicator of his offer.” B) The offeror is the “master of his offer.” C) The offeror is the “controller of his offer.” D) The offeror is the “arbiter of his offer.” E) The offeror is the “proponent of his offer.” Â Â