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    Let's say I write a command (select-face) which prints exactly the
    same prompt as is produced by M-g, reads a character, and selects
    default, bold, italic, etc face depending on that character.  I then
    bind that command to M-g.

This is an artificial example.  If you want this behavior, you should
use a keymap.  In real cases where functions ask questions, it's
because the behavior is something different, not resembling a prefix
key.