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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Memory Palace

Memory techniques lesson 15: The memory palace · Set 101 · 40 questions
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Memory tip (Put it in its place): Steps: choose a place you know → fix stops in order → put pictures at stops → walk the route to recall. Always walk the stops in the same order — that is what keeps your list in order. More items than stops? Add stops. A new list? Put new pictures on the same stops.

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  1. 1.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
  2. 2.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) yes, with new pictures (b) only once a year (c) only for numbers (d) no, never
  3. 3.🏰 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
  4. 4.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a doll by the sofa, a mirror by the kitchen, a jug by the shoe rack, a mango by the dining table, a goat by the TV. What did you place by the sofa? (a) doll (b) mango (c) jug (d) mirror
  5. 5.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or fix stops in order? (a) walk the route to recall (b) fix stops in order
  6. 6.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a key by the kitchen, an anchor by the sofa, a ball by the dining table, a drum by the TV, a lamp by the shoe rack. Where did you place the ball? (a) sofa (b) dining table (c) TV (d) shoe rack
  7. 7.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or choose a place you know? (a) walk the route to recall (b) choose a place you know
  8. 8.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a parrot by the sofa, a jeep by the TV, a radio by the shoe rack, a mirror by the kitchen, an inkpot by the dining table. Where did you place the radio? (a) shoe rack (b) sofa (c) kitchen (d) TV
  9. 9.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
  10. 10.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a spoon by the classroom door, an anchor by the library, a jalebi by the stairs, a kite by the teacher’s desk, an urn by the blackboard. What did you place by the library? (a) spoon (b) kite (c) urn (d) anchor
  11. 11.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
  12. 12.🏰 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
  13. 13.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a bucket by the sofa, an ant by the door, a flute by the TV, a net by the shoe rack, an igloo by the gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) igloo (b) ant (c) net (d) flute
  14. 14.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a blank wall (b) one you know very well (c) one you never saw (d) a random new city
  15. 15.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a radio by the park gate, a duck by the slide, an inkpot by the bench, a shoe by the swing, a ladder by the fruit cart. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) ladder (b) duck (c) shoe (d) radio
  16. 16.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) it looks nice (b) to keep the order (c) to make it longer (d) no reason
  17. 17.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
  18. 18.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a needle by the banyan tree, a drum by the park gate, an orange by the fruit cart, a frog by the post box, a ladder by the bus stop. Where did you place the needle? (a) fruit cart (b) banyan tree (c) post box (d) park gate
  19. 19.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or choose a place you know? (a) fix stops in order (b) choose a place you know
  20. 20.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or walk the route to recall? (a) fix stops in order (b) walk the route to recall
  21. 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a ladder by the shoe rack, an apple by the TV, a bucket by the door, an umbrella by the sofa, a kettle by the dining table. Where did you place the bucket? (a) dining table (b) TV (c) door (d) shoe rack
  22. 22.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a glass by the sofa, a ladder by the bed, a nest by the kitchen, a rope by the dining table, a key by the TV. Where did you place the glass? (a) kitchen (b) sofa (c) TV (d) dining table
  23. 23.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a shoe by the post box, a tiger by the banyan tree, an onion by the fruit cart, a nest by the bus stop, a guava by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) nest (b) guava (c) tiger (d) onion
  24. 24.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a kettle by the slide, a frog by the banyan tree, a candle by the park gate, a mirror by the swing, a coconut by the fruit cart. Where did you place the candle? (a) banyan tree (b) slide (c) swing (d) park gate
  25. 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a spoon by the post box, a lamp by the bus stop, a wallet by the banyan tree, a tent by the fruit cart, an anchor by the park gate. What did you place by the bus stop? (a) wallet (b) tent (c) spoon (d) lamp
  26. 26.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a lemon by the TV, a mirror by the dining table, a mango by the sofa, a rope by the shoe rack, a glass by the door. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) glass (b) mango (c) rope (d) lemon
  27. 27.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the rhyme method (b) the method of loci (c) the pomodoro (d) chunking
  28. 28.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a tomato by the classroom door, a rose by the school gate, a frog by the notice board, a rope by the stairs, a parrot by the teacher’s desk. What did you place by the teacher’s desk? (a) rose (b) frog (c) tomato (d) parrot
  29. 29.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) use no route (b) put all at one stop (c) skip 5 items (d) add more stops
  30. 30.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or fix stops in order? (a) choose a place you know (b) fix stops in order
  31. 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a ball by the teacher’s desk, a needle by the school gate, an owl by the classroom door, a duck by the stairs, a sock by the notice board. What did you place by the classroom door? (a) needle (b) owl (c) ball (d) duck
  32. 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place an apple by the slide, an ant by the park gate, a duck by the fruit cart, a whistle by the swing, a needle by the banyan tree. What did you place by the swing? (a) apple (b) needle (c) ant (d) whistle
  33. 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a glass by the shoe rack, a fan by the sofa, a duck by the TV, an anchor by the kitchen, a tiger by the dining table. What did you place by the TV? (a) anchor (b) fan (c) tiger (d) duck
  34. 34.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or fix stops in order? (a) put pictures at stops (b) fix stops in order
  35. 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a flute by the shoe rack, an apple by the door, a fan by the TV, a shoe by the sofa, an owl by the gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) apple (b) owl (c) shoe (d) fan
  36. 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place an ant by the classroom door, a banana by the blackboard, a flute by the stairs, an inkpot by the notice board, a duck by the teacher’s desk. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) banana (b) duck (c) flute (d) ant
  37. 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a jug by the classroom door, an apple by the teacher’s desk, a wallet by the library, an umpire by the stairs, a doll by the blackboard. What did you place by the stairs? (a) wallet (b) umpire (c) apple (d) doll
  38. 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a bucket by the teacher’s desk, an umbrella by the notice board, an ice cream by the school gate, a ball by the classroom door, a duck by the stairs. What did you place by the school gate? (a) duck (b) ball (c) ice cream (d) umbrella
  39. 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place an umpire by the dining table, a spoon by the kitchen, an anchor by the TV, a rope by the bed, a banana by the sofa. Where did you place the spoon? (a) bed (b) sofa (c) dining table (d) kitchen
  40. 40.🏰 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

Answer key

  1. step 4
  2. yes, with new pictures
  3. put pictures at stops
  4. doll
  5. fix stops in order
  6. dining table
  7. choose a place you know
  8. shoe rack
  9. step 3
  10. anchor
  11. step 2
  12. put pictures at stops
  13. ant
  14. one you know very well
  15. ladder
  16. to keep the order
  17. step 1
  18. banyan tree
  19. choose a place you know
  20. fix stops in order
  21. door
  22. sofa
  23. onion
  24. park gate
  25. lamp
  26. rope
  27. the method of loci
  28. parrot
  29. add more stops
  30. choose a place you know
  31. owl
  32. whistle
  33. duck
  34. fix stops in order
  35. owl
  36. banana
  37. umpire
  38. ice cream
  39. kitchen
  40. choose a place you know

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