One hopeless, dark idolater of Chance?
OBS. 29. When several distinct questions occur in succession, the practice of some writers is to separate them by commas or semicolons, placing the question-mark at the close only; as:
“Where was Lane then; what was his situation?”—Trial of Selfridge.
“Am I Dromio, am I your man, am I myself?”
This we regard as incorrect. Each several question should have the interrogation point.
Dro. S. Do you know me, sir? am I Dromio? am I your man? am I myself? {p113}
Rosalind. What did he when thou saw’st him? What said he? How looked he? Wherein went he? What makes he here? Did he ask for me? Where remains he? How parted he with thee? and when shalt thou see him again?
OBS. 30. If several questions in one sentence are joined by connectives, each question takes the note of interrogation. “Have I not all their letters to meet me in arms by the ninth of the next month? and are they not, some of them, set forward already?”
OBS. 31. When a sentence contains several interrogative clauses, having a common relation to, or dependence on, one term, a single interrogation point is sufficient.
“Was I, for this, nigh wrecked upon the sea;