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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Wallace didn't stop at the door once as a young man because he had an appointment that involved his ____________.

2. Who did Wallace wish he had stopped for just a moment and waved to in the garden?

3. Where did Wallace go on scholarship?

4. Wallace compared looking for the door in the wall to what?

5. What should Wallace have been excited to be working on lately?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Redmond mean when he says that Wallace is "the possessor of an inestimable privilege or the victim of a fantastic dream"?

Essay Topic 2

How is Wallace characterized throughout the story, both through his own interpretation and Redmond's point of view? How does this characterization color the validity of his story about the door in the wall?

Essay Topic 3

What are the allegorical implications of the garden and Wallace's obsessive search for the door in the wall?

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