The Nose

1. What does Ivan Yakovlevich do for a living? 

He is a Barber. He cuts hair in St. Petersburg, Russia.

2. What does Ivan find in a loaf of bread?

He finds a nose, the nose of customer Assessor Kovalev.   

3. How does his wife respond to Ivan's discovery? 

She calls him a great big brute and claims she will call the police to report him.

4. What does Ivan set out to accomplish? 

To get rid of the nose. 

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? 

It suggests that happiness is short lived. Here for a moment then gone the next. 

6. Where does the title object belong, and how does it finally get there? 

On the face of Major Kovalev, and the police return it.