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>Final test questions for May of 1997. 
>Dr. Schambaugh is known for asking questions such as this on his final
>exams. The year I finished my undergrad, his one and only final exam
>question was, "Why do air planes fly?"
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>May 1997, Momentum, Heat and Mass transfer II
>Final Exam
>Question: *** Is hell exothermic or endothermic?
>Support your answer with a proof.***
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>Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs
>using Boyle's Law or some variant. One student, however, wrote the
>following:
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>First, we postulate that if souls exist, then they must have some
>mass. If they do, then a mole of souls can also have mass. So, at what
>rate are souls moving into hell and at what rate are souls leaving? I
>think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to hell, it will not
>leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving.
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>As for souls entering hell, lets 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 people do not belong to more than one 
>religion, we can project that all people and 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.
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>Now, we look at the rate of change in 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 stay constant.
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>1. So, 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.
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>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.
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>So which is it? If we accept the postulate given to me by Theresa Banyan
>during Freshman year, "that it will be a cold night 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...
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>Thus, hell is exothermic.
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>The student, Tim Graham, got the only A.
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