What is the purpose of gandhi's use of hypophora in this excerpt from his "banaras hindu university speech"?

i honor the anarchist for his love of the country. i honor him for his bravery in being willing to die for his country; but i ask him-is killing honorable? is the dagger of an assassin a fit precursor of an honorable death? i deny it. there is no warrant for such methods in any scriptures. if i found it necessary for the salvation of india that the english should retire, that they should be driven out, i would not hesitate to declare that they would have to go, and i hope i would be prepared to die in defense of that belief. that would, in my opinion, be an honorable death. the bomb-thrower creates secret plots, is afraid to come out into the open, and when caught pays the penalty of misdirected zeal.

a; to compel the audience to think about the actions of anarchists
b; to allow room for debate with the other members on stage
c; to challenge the motivation of the anarchists
d; to persuade the audience to use nonviolent means for protesting
e; to acknowledge the anarchists' love and dedication toward their country

A. To compel the audience to think about the actions of anarchists.

Explanation:

Hypophora is a rhetoric device through which the author poses a question before the readers. Gandhi was a great preacher who had a deep influence on his readers. In this excerpt from his "Banaras Hindu University Speech", Gandhi employs hypophora to enforce the readers to think about the actions of anarchists. He asks "Is killing honorable?" and interrogates that how far is it justified and straight away denies it. He replies to this question by negating the efforts of bomb-thrower anarchists that he founds to be 'misdirected zeal'. He indicates the consequences of these actions as they fear to come out in open and suggests rather an alternative to ousting Englishmen if it would be significant to 'salvation of India'.

the author is showing that it is the insatisfaction of basic needs that brings about the protests such as the strikes.if workers do not earn enough to buy food and feed their families and themselves in order to continue working, what is the use of working? besides, another message from the author is that of the owners of factories should be worried about ensuring their furure by having a second and third generation of workers in their industries.if they do not hear the workers demands, they will not have any more workers to make their pockets full.