THE NOSE

QUIZ 
1. What does Ivan Yakovlevich do for a living? 
- Ivan Yakovlevich is a barber.
2. What does Ivan find in a loaf of bread?
- He finds Collegiate Assessor Kovalev's nose.
3. How does his wife respond to Ivan's discovery? 
- Ivan's wife begins yelling at him and threatens to report him to the police.
4. What does Ivan set out to accomplish? 
- Ivan sets out 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? 
- This scene suggests that happiness lasts a very short period of time. It also suggests that once one finds happiness, it is taken from them shortly after.
6. Where does the title object belong, and how does it finally get there?
- The nose belongs to Major Kovalev and a police returns it to him.