Delegation Equals Novation
This trap appears as a wrong-answer choice in 1 active question. Spotting how it is built is the repair: read each example's “why it's attractive” before the “why it's wrong.”
Subject distribution
- Contracts1
Example wrong choices
14542_emmaus_escape_room · CONTRACTS · Choice APaul only, because Barnabas's duty to Naomi was discharged when Barnabas obtained a skilled puzzle-room designer to perform the Naomi-Barnabas contract.
Why it's attractive
The answer uses skill to erase Barnabas, but the call asks enforceable claims after breach.
Why it's wrong
The answer uses skill to erase Barnabas, but the call asks enforceable claims after breach.
14542_emmaus_escape_room · CONTRACTS · Choice CPaul only, because Naomi was an intended beneficiary of the Barnabas-Paul agreement, and Barnabas's duty to Naomi was discharged when Naomi permitted Paul to do the work and approved Paul's puzzle plan.
Why it's attractive
The answer proves cooperation with Paul, not release of Barnabas.
Why it's wrong
The answer proves cooperation with Paul, not release of Barnabas.
14542_emmaus_escape_room · CONTRACTS · Choice DBarnabas only, because Barnabas's agreement with Paul did not discharge his duty to Naomi, and Paul made no express promise to Naomi.
Why it's attractive
The answer correctly keeps Barnabas in but invents a direct-promise requirement to keep Paul out.
Why it's wrong
The answer correctly keeps Barnabas in but invents a direct-promise requirement to keep Paul out.
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