Which of the Following Is True of an Offer Made

question 52

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true of an offer made in jest?

• A) Even if an offer is clearly a joke, the words are treated as an offer.
• B) A joke is always treated as a serious offer, unless the person specifically states: "I'm joking."
• C) A joke is never treated as a serious offer.
• D) A joke is treated as a serious offer if the outward manifestation of intent would lead a reasonable person to believe it was intended as a serious offer.
• E) The court will look to a person's secret or hidden intent to attempt to discern if a joke was an offer or not.

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Definitions:

Genital Stage

When the child begins adult sexual development in puberty.

Psychosexual Development

Sigmund Freud's theory proposing that personality development occurs through a series of childhood stages in which the pleasure-seeking energies of the id become focused on certain erogenous areas.

Oral Stage

The attachment of libido to the mouth.

Anal Stage

The second stage in Freud's psychosexual development theory, where pleasure centers on bowel and bladder elimination and coping with demands for control.