Monday, February 10, 2014

Reading Quiz

1. What does Ivan Yakovlevich do for a living? 
-He is a barber.
2. What does Ivan find in a loaf of bread?
-He finds a nose in his loaf of bread. 
3. How does his wife respond to Ivan's discovery? 
-She is enraged and threatens to call the police.
4. What does Ivan set out to accomplish? 
-He sets out to get rid of the nose. He finally decides to throw it off a bridge.
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 about his life and society that they don't care about what’s right and wrong. They just care about themselves. Also, it shows that happiness can be taken away as fast as it comes.
6. Where does the title object belong, and how does it finally get there?
-It belongs on the face of Collegiate Assessor Kovalev.

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