They can help strengthen a point as long as the question is then enforced. They help to convince the listener since usually even thought it's not said we usually think yes in our head after hearing a rhetorical question.
Cream and coffee mix easily. Joy and sadness mixes easily. The similie represents how emotions can change/mix considerably.
A scene is a part of an act defined with the changing of characters. To be more specific, the elements that create the plot of a play or any story, and divide a play into acts include the exposition, which gives information, setting up the rest of the story.
He just wanted a quick way to get out of a situation so he blinds him because he feared for his life and didn't really want to kill he would rather escape.