Oh too Good to Be True.......................

 The following is an actual question given on University of
  IOWA chemistry midterm.  The answer was so "profound" that
  the professor shared it with colleagues, which is why we
  now have the pleasure enjoying it as well.

 Bonus Question:  Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or
 endothermic (absorbs heat)?

  Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using
 Boyle's Law, (gas cools off when it expands and heats up
  when it is compressed) or some variant.  One student,
however, wrote the following:

  First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in
  time.  So we need to know the rate that souls are moving
  into Hell and the rate they are leaving.  I think that we
 can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will
 not leave.  Therefore, no souls are leaving.

  As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the
  different religions that exist in the world today.  Some
  of these religions state that if you are not a member of
  their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there are more
  than one of these religions and since people do not
 belong to more than one religion, we can project that all
 souls go to Hell.

  With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the
 number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially.  Now,
  we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because
  Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and
  pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has
  to expand as souls are added. This gives two possibilities:

 1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at
 which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure
  in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose.

 2. Of course, if Hell is expanding at a rate faster than
 the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and
 pressure will drop until Hell freezes over.

So which is it?  If we accept the postulate given to me by
 Ms. Teresa Banyan during my Freshman year, "...that it will
be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you," and take
  into account the fact that I still have not succeeded in
 having sexual relations with her, then #2 cannot be true,
  and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and will not
  freeze.

 The student received the only "A" given,