501 Critical Reading Questions

a.
a prison cell.
b.
a place in which everything can be seen by others.
c.
a tower that provides a panoramic view.
d.
a house that is transparent.
e.
a place in which surveillance cameras and other monitoring
equipment are in use.
135.
The description of how the panopticon would work in a prison
(lines 10–19) implies that the panopticon
a.
can be an effective tool for social control.
b.
should be used regularly in public places.
c.
is not applicable outside of the prison dynamic.
d.
is an effective tool for sharing information.
c.
will redefine privacy for the twenty-first century.
136.
In lines 26–36, the author suggests that the panopticon is a
metaphor for our society because
a.
our privacy is transparent.
b.
we are all prisoners in our own homes.