The Nose by Nikolai Gogol

1. What does Ivan Yakovlevich do for a living?
       He is a barber.
2. What does Ivan find in a loaf of bread?
       A nose from one of his customers.
3. How does his wife respond to Ivan's discovery?
       She orders him to get rid of the nose immediately.
4. What does Ivan set out to accomplish?
      To dispose of the nose in the river.
5. When Ivan tosses the "package" in the river, for a brief moment he is happy; then he is arrested. What does this scene suggest about the role of happiness in Ivan's life/community/society?
      Ivan feels relief for the first time in a long while after disposing of his burden. This suggests that Ivan led a stressful life before the events of the story.
6. Where does the title object belong, and how does it finally get there?
      The nose belongs to Major Kovalyov and the police officer who caught Ivan gives it back to him.