Good luck on your exam. Negligence is a much tougher course than intentional torts. They used to torture us with the questions of causation and whether there was a duty owed to the plaintiff. Pay close attention to it though. If you go into litigation...especially personal injury or motor vehicle work...90% percent of the claims are based on negligence.

I went to law school in Chicago. At the time Illinois had not yet become a comparative negligence state, and contributory negligence was still a complete bar to a plaintiff's recovery. At the time Illinois had a wierd fifth element to a plaintiff's claim. In addition to the nomal four elements the plaintiff had to prove freedom from contributory negligence. Thank god this changed before I graduated, and Illinois joined the main stream of comparative negligence states.