Is HELL hot?

The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington Chemistry mid term. The answer was so "profound" that the professor shared it with colleagues, which is why we now have the pleasure of 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, 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 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.