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Joshu's 'no' is a rejection of the question, not a response to it per se.
Mumon suggests that the monk wasn't genuinely interested in truth or increasing his understanding of enlightenment, merely in pondering an intellectual puzzle. In doing so, the monk made a fatal assumption that leads to an incorrect question.
Why ponder whether and how a dog can reach enlightenment when the goal is to become enlightened yourself?
In general, because it might give you insight into the nature of X.
I agree that the initial question in this case is ill-formed, but I don't think your final sentence has any bearing on why it is ill-formed. It only seems like it does because the initial question is ill-formed.
Yes, precisely! Mumon suggests that the monk wasn't asking the question for that purpose. The monk's mistake wasn't an honest one in that sense.