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Memory techniques lesson 18: Part 3 test: pictures and places · Set 704 · 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.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) a funny, moving one (b) no picture at all (c) a plain, still one (d) just the word
  2. 2.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a far-off still tree? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
  3. 3.True or false: “the word in small print” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
  5. 5.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or find a sound-alike word? (a) review the picture (b) find a sound-alike word
  6. 6.True or false: “long sentences” makes a good mind map. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) green, flat and thin (b) make food using sunlight (c) have tiny pores (d) carries water upward
  8. 8.True or false: “a pencil that dances” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
  10. 10.🎨 Why do pictures help you memorise faster? (a) they are boring (b) words are useless (c) they need no attention (d) images stick better
  11. 11.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) nothing else (b) the word’s meaning (c) its spelling backwards (d) a random colour
  12. 12.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a shoe by the dining table, a tiger by the sofa, a net by the kitchen, a lemon by the TV, a banana by the shoe rack. Where did you place the banana? (a) kitchen (b) shoe rack (c) sofa (d) dining table
  13. 13.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: all in one colour? (a) a good mind map (b) a poor mind map
  14. 14.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
  15. 15.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
  16. 16.🎨 Which word is the hardest to picture as it is? (a) elephant (b) rocket (c) banana (d) honesty
  17. 17.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the pomodoro (b) the rhyme method (c) chunking (d) the method of loci
  18. 18.True or false: “a colour for each branch” makes a poor mind map. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blurry shape (b) the word in small print (c) a pencil that dances (d) a list of words only
  20. 20.🔗 Your link story: a giant lemon jumps over a candle; the candle chases a mango; the mango sits on a ladder; the ladder rolls into a violin. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) candle (b) lemon (c) violin (d) mango
  21. 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a rose by the park gate, an anchor by the banyan tree, an owl by the fruit cart, an apple by the post box, a jeep by the bus stop. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) rose (b) jeep (c) anchor (d) apple
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lines that link ideas (b) topic in the centre (c) small doodles (d) copying a whole page
  23. 23.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) nothing changes (b) you get an extra item (c) it comes back alone (d) that item is lost
  24. 24.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or put pictures at stops? (a) fix stops in order (b) put pictures at stops
  25. 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a spoon by the dining table, a pillow by the kitchen, an inkpot by the sofa, a jeep by the shoe rack, a monkey by the TV. Where did you place the inkpot? (a) TV (b) dining table (c) kitchen (d) sofa
  26. 26.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or walk the route to recall? (a) put pictures at stops (b) walk the route to recall
  27. 27.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or put pictures at stops? (a) walk the route to recall (b) put pictures at stops
  28. 28.🔗 Your link story: a giant jalebi jumps over a shoe; the shoe falls into an owl; the owl chases a mirror; the mirror bounces onto a lemon. Which item comes right after the owl? (a) owl (b) lemon (c) mirror (d) jalebi
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sock that smells awful (b) a giant pink elephant (c) a plain grey box (d) a kite as big as a house
  30. 30.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) green, flat and thin (b) make seeds (c) make food using sunlight (d) have tiny pores
  31. 31.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a laughing tiffin box? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
  32. 32.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: feeling a prickly cactus? (a) taste (b) smell (c) touch (d) sight
  33. 33.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
  34. 34.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
  35. 35.🔗 Your link story: a giant monkey bounces onto an umpire; the umpire jumps over a violin; the violin crashes into a guava; the guava rolls into a mango. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) mango (b) violin (c) monkey (d) umpire
  36. 36.🔗 Your link story: a giant goat pulls an onion; the onion bounces onto an ant; the ant sings to a rose; the rose tickles an apple. Which item comes right after the ant? (a) onion (b) goat (c) rose (d) apple
  37. 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a tent by the classroom door, a ladder by the stairs, a watch by the teacher’s desk, a pencil by the school gate, a rope by the notice board. What did you place by the teacher’s desk? (a) rope (b) ladder (c) pencil (d) watch
  38. 38.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
  39. 39.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a far-off still tree (b) a normal-sized cup (c) a frog wearing a crown (d) a blurry shape
  40. 40.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) only in the exam (b) after a year (c) never again (d) later today and tomorrow

Answer key

  1. a funny, moving one
  2. a weak picture
  3. True
  4. step 4
  5. find a sound-alike word
  6. False
  7. carries water upward
  8. False
  9. step 1
  10. images stick better
  11. the word’s meaning
  12. shoe rack
  13. a poor mind map
  14. step 1
  15. step 3
  16. honesty
  17. the method of loci
  18. False
  19. a pencil that dances
  20. mango
  21. anchor
  22. copying a whole page
  23. that item is lost
  24. fix stops in order
  25. sofa
  26. put pictures at stops
  27. put pictures at stops
  28. mirror
  29. a plain grey box
  30. make seeds
  31. a strong picture
  32. touch
  33. step 3
  34. step 4
  35. monkey
  36. rose
  37. watch
  38. keep linking in order
  39. a frog wearing a crown
  40. later today and tomorrow

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