Rhetorical: Now the debate begins in earnest. While there is great doctrine to be learned from Amulek's defense before Zeezrom, we should understand that this was much more of a context than a doctrinal explication. That Amulek is able to teach us is to our great benefit, but his immediate purpose was much more important. Amulek was in a debate for the minds of the people, and had the added incentive of his own personal safety. Zeezrom's victory would not only signal the defeat of God's message, but surely also signal the incarceration (or worse) of both Alma and Amulek. This is no impassive conversation between to pastors of different churches. This is a brutal fight fought with words in a battle for the hearts of the people of a city.
In this phase of the verbal battle, Zeezrom calmly picks up Amulek's opening question and turns it back on Amulek. Amulek has both asked and answered for Zeezrom, so Zeezrom finds it appropriate to begin with that same question of Amulek as he begins his questioning in earnest. For Zeezrom, however, there will be no answering himself. He is quite anxious that Amulek answer the questions, because he intends to find in the way that Amulek answers the fuel to throw on the flames of crowds already incited passion against Alma and Amulek.