Recently, students at a Guangxi university were asked some rather bizarre and invasive exam questions that would appear to have little to do with the subject of their course, Mao Zedong Thought and Socialism with Chinese Characteristics.

The exam, given to students of the compulsory course at the Beihai College of Art and Design, included questions like “Have you had sex with someone of the opposite gender?” “Do you want to have children for the future of the country?” and “Why are people who spend all day playing games fools?”

However, the very first question has farthest raised eyebrows. It reads: “What are the advantages of AIDS?”

It’s not clear how students managed to answer that question, however, they soon uploaded images of the strange test online so that net users across China could see what they had to put up with to pass the class.

Reportedly, the exam was made by a school official surnamed Zheng who has attracted attention in the past for his peculiar ideas. Last year, two students at the college suffered cerebral hemorrhages which Zheng blamed on “radiation” from the school wifi, mandating that the network be switched off each night at 11 pm.

Guangxi education authorities are now conducting an investigation into this latest incident. The school has said that the exam prepared by Zheng was not the students’ final exam but a “bonus” test. Meanwhile, students have reportedly been asked to delete their posts about the exam and keep quiet regarding the issue.