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Memory techniques lesson 18: Part 3 test: pictures and places · Set 364 · 40 questions
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Memory tip (See it, link it, place it): Pictures: big, funny, moving, colourful, with a sense. Stories: each item does something to the next. Palace: walk the stops in order. Keyword: the CAPITAL word sounds like the new word, the picture shows the meaning. Mind maps: topic in the centre, each detail on its own branch.

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  1. 1.🔗 Your link story: a giant banana chases a rope; the rope falls into an inkpot; the inkpot tickles a watch; the watch crashes into an onion. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) watch (b) inkpot (c) rope (d) banana
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one key word per branch (b) lines that link ideas (c) all in one colour (d) details on small twigs
  3. 3.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or picture the first item? (a) replay the story (b) picture the first item
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all in one colour (b) copying a whole page (c) small doodles (d) long sentences
  5. 5.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: watching fireworks? (a) sound (b) taste (c) sight (d) touch
  6. 6.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: seeing a red kite fly? (a) sight (b) sound (c) smell (d) taste
  7. 7.🗺️ After drawing a mind map, how do you test yourself? (a) frame it (b) throw it away (c) colour it again (d) redraw it from memory
  8. 8.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place an owl by the door, a candle by the TV, a rose by the sofa, a key by the dining table, a lemon by the shoe rack. Where did you place the lemon? (a) door (b) sofa (c) shoe rack (d) TV
  9. 9.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) a colour for each branch (b) copying a whole page (c) tiny, cramped writing (d) topic in a corner
  10. 10.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: link it to the meaning or review the picture? (a) link it to the meaning (b) review the picture
  11. 11.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a giant pink elephant? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
  12. 12.🔗 Your link story: a giant anchor tickles a banana; the banana rolls into an ice cream; the ice cream falls into a van; the van bounces onto a glass. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) ice cream (b) glass (c) anchor (d) van
  13. 13.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a needle by the swing, a wallet by the park gate, a goat by the slide, a banana by the fruit cart, a mango by the bench. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) needle (b) wallet (c) mango (d) banana
  14. 14.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
  15. 15.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
  16. 16.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a random new city (b) a blank wall (c) one you know very well (d) one you never saw
  17. 17.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hearing a dog bark? (a) sound (b) touch (c) taste (d) sight
  18. 18.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a kettle by the dining table, a doll by the sofa, an inkpot by the TV, a cat by the shoe rack, a parrot by the kitchen. What did you place by the TV? (a) inkpot (b) parrot (c) doll (d) cat
  19. 19.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a laughing tiffin box (b) a bright red flying cow (c) a pencil that dances (d) a far-off still tree
  20. 20.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a bus made of ice? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright red flying cow (b) a far-off still tree (c) a pencil that dances (d) a bus made of ice
  22. 22.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or walk the route to recall? (a) choose a place you know (b) walk the route to recall
  23. 23.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) nothing changes (b) it comes back alone (c) you get an extra item (d) that item is lost
  24. 24.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) use no route (b) skip 5 items (c) add more stops (d) put all at one stop
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright red flying cow (b) a laughing tiffin box (c) a bus made of ice (d) a plain grey box
  26. 26.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a sock that smells awful (b) a bus made of ice (c) a pale, tiny dot (d) a giant pink elephant
  27. 27.Which memory picture uses the sense of taste? (a) smelling wet earth (b) tasting bitter karela (c) feeling a prickly cactus (d) seeing a red kite fly
  28. 28.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
  29. 29.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) only for numbers (b) only once a year (c) yes, with new pictures (d) no, never
  30. 30.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: tasting salty chips? (a) sight (b) sound (c) smell (d) taste
  31. 31.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) topic in a corner (b) long sentences (c) all in one colour (d) lines that link ideas
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) topic in a corner (b) lines that link ideas (c) topic in the centre (d) small doodles
  33. 33.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) a funny, moving one (b) a plain, still one (c) no picture at all (d) just the word
  34. 34.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
  35. 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place an onion by the shoe rack, an igloo by the dining table, a banana by the sofa, an ant by the TV, a watch by the door. Where did you place the igloo? (a) door (b) TV (c) shoe rack (d) dining table
  36. 36.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
  37. 37.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: find a sound-alike word or hear the new word? (a) find a sound-alike word (b) hear the new word
  38. 38.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) a colour for each branch (b) lines that link ideas (c) small doodles (d) ideas with no links
  39. 39.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or link it to the next item? (a) keep linking in order (b) link it to the next item
  40. 40.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or put pictures at stops? (a) choose a place you know (b) put pictures at stops

Answer key

  1. banana
  2. all in one colour
  3. picture the first item
  4. small doodles
  5. sight
  6. sight
  7. redraw it from memory
  8. shoe rack
  9. a colour for each branch
  10. link it to the meaning
  11. a strong picture
  12. glass
  13. needle
  14. step 3
  15. step 4
  16. one you know very well
  17. sound
  18. inkpot
  19. a far-off still tree
  20. a strong picture
  21. a far-off still tree
  22. choose a place you know
  23. that item is lost
  24. add more stops
  25. a plain grey box
  26. a pale, tiny dot
  27. tasting bitter karela
  28. step 1
  29. yes, with new pictures
  30. taste
  31. lines that link ideas
  32. topic in a corner
  33. a funny, moving one
  34. step 3
  35. dining table
  36. step 2
  37. hear the new word
  38. ideas with no links
  39. link it to the next item
  40. choose a place you know

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