So in my literature class, we are studying on the book of Dante's Inferno. And a test is coming up based on the cantos we have read so far. The teacher told us that the test will be hard, so she decided to give us an extra credit question worth 20 points. And that will be added to the overall test score one gets.I already have my own answer, and thought I would show it here so all of you can tell me if it's worth giving to the teacher. Do you think it is?

The Question: Is hell exothermic or endothermic? Support your answer with proof.

My answer:

If souls exist, they must have a mass. If they do, then a bunch of souls also have a mass.There must then be a rate at which souls are leaving and entering hell. Common thinking is when dead, you either go to heaven or hell for eternity. Therefore, no souls should be leaving hell.

As for souls entering hell - in most religions, if you aren't in theirs, you go to hell. So since there are many religions and people can't have more than one, most people are going to hell.

With birth and death rates as they are, there must be huge numbers of souls increasing greatly in hell. For all of this,there must also be a volume in hell.Boyle's law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in hell to stay the same, the ratio of the mass of souls and volume needs to be constant.

1.) If hell is expanding at a slower rate than the amount of souls coming in, or isn't expanding at all, the temperature and pressure will increase untill all hell breaks loose.

2.) If hell is expanding at a faster rate than the souls coming in, then the temperature and pressure will drop untill hell freezes over.

So which is it? Well, everytime I ask my father if he can get me a new car for my birthday, his response is always "when hell freezes over". Seeing that I still havent recieved a new car from him for my birthday, this must mean hell isn't freezing over. Therefore hell is exothermic.

I have to admit I smiled at the question. Is your english teacher secretly a chemist? haha

I think that this is worthy of turning in for extra credit. I think you really though outside the box in your answer and were very creative. I don't know your teacher but I think she will appreciate your uniqueness! You really thought your answer though! Great job! :]

:lol: No, I'm pretty sure she is not a chemist. XD And thanks. I was actually hoping she would laugh so hard at the last part of the answer, that she would forget how horrible I might do on the test, and give me a perfect score. XD

Ahahaha! That sounds like a full-proof plan you've got there! ;]

Why thank you. :XD

I think, that you should come up with your own answer. Ripping off the email that circulated a couple years ago about the Chemistry student from University of Washington that got an A for answering this on his Chemistry exam is horribly tacky and, if you're teacher has seen said email, should result in an automatic F because you're plagiarizing someone else's work. And since I have said answer posted on my door because his answer is a fantastic answer to the question, I know you're ripping it off because some of your sentences are verbatim from his original answer. As well, you're ending doesn't hit quite the same note because his had a certain ring of honest to god truth to it as well his sentences were put together more coherently.