The Nose by Gogol

1. What does Ivan Yakovlevich do for a living?
Yakovlevich is a barber in Russia.
2. What does Ivan find in a loaf of bread?
Yakovlevich finds the nose of a previous customer, Major Kolvalev
3. How does his wife respond to Ivan's discovery?
His wife isn't very responsive to the act. She does give some say about reporting him but the action is never taken through.
4. What does Ivan set out to accomplish?
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 gives evidence to the fact that happiness is fleeting and never a constant in the community.
6. Where does the title object belong, and how does it finally get there?

It belongs to Major Kolvalev, eventually the police return it to him when he is sleeping