ked me whether I had seen his friend; whether I had
spoken to him; and how I liked him.

If we restore these questions to the direct form, the point of
interrogation is inserted.

He asked me: "Have you seen my friend? Have you spoken to
him? How do you like him?"

XXXI. When a sentence contains more than one question, sometimes the
point of interrogation is placed after each of them, sometimes it is
placed only at the end of the sentence. It is placed after each, if
each is in reality a distinct question; it is placed only at the end,
if the separate questions so unite as to need but a single answer.

In many cases it will be a matter of individual taste to say whether
they do so unite.

Is it better that estates should be held by those who have
no duty than by those who have one? by those whose character
and destination point to virtues than by those who have no
rule and direction in the expenditure of their estates but
their own will and appetite?

Do you imagine that it is the Land Tax Act which raises your
revenue, that it is the annual vote in the Committee of
Supply which gives you your army, or that it is the Mutiny
Bill which inspires it with bravery and discipline? No!
surely no!

Oh! why should Hymen ever blight
The roses Cupid wore?
Or why should it be ever night
Where it was day before?
Or why should women have a tongue,
Or why should it be cursed,
In being, like my Second, long,
And louder than my First?

XXXII. Exclamations in an interrogative form take a mark of
exclamation after them, not a point of interrogation. (See Rule XXXV.)

XXXIII. A point of interrogation enclosed within brackets is sometimes
used to indicate that there is a doubt whether the statement preceding
it is true, or whether the expression preceding it is well applied,
or that some statement or expression is made or used ironically.

While you are revelling in the delights (?) of the London
season, I am leading a hermit life, with no companions save
my books.

THE MARK OF EXCLAMATION

XXXIV. The mark of exclamation is placed after interjections and words
used interjectionally; that is to say, after expressions of an
exclamatory nature. The exclamation may be one of surprise or of fear,
or the utterance of a wish, a command, or a prayer.