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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Memory Palace

Memory techniques lesson 15: The memory palace · Set 102 · 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 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
  2. 2.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
  3. 3.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) no reason (b) to keep the order (c) it looks nice (d) to make it longer
  4. 4.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) skip 5 items (b) use no route (c) add more stops (d) put all at one stop
  5. 5.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a lamp by the classroom door, a mirror by the teacher’s desk, a glass by the stairs, a banana by the library, a ball by the blackboard. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) ball (b) mirror (c) glass (d) banana
  6. 6.🏰 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
  7. 7.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place an inkpot by the teacher’s desk, a monkey by the notice board, a fan by the classroom door, a jeep by the blackboard, an owl by the stairs. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) owl (b) inkpot (c) monkey (d) fan
  8. 8.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a spoon by the sofa, a needle by the kitchen, a fan by the bed, a van by the dining table, a flute by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) needle (b) flute (c) fan (d) van
  9. 9.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or choose a place you know? (a) put pictures at stops (b) choose a place you know
  10. 10.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) one you know very well (b) a blank wall (c) one you never saw (d) a random new city
  11. 11.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
  12. 12.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a banana by the classroom door, a goat by the teacher’s desk, a guava by the stairs, a frog by the notice board, a rope by the school gate. Where did you place the rope? (a) notice board (b) classroom door (c) school gate (d) stairs
  13. 13.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) yes, with new pictures (b) no, never (c) only for numbers (d) only once a year
  14. 14.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a pencil by the notice board, a jug by the classroom door, an umbrella by the school gate, a van by the teacher’s desk, a spoon by the stairs. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) umbrella (b) jug (c) spoon (d) pencil
  15. 15.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a van by the sofa, a parrot by the gate, a tent by the door, an onion by the TV, a shoe by the shoe rack. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) onion (b) parrot (c) tent (d) van
  16. 16.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
  17. 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a bucket by the sofa, an umbrella by the kitchen, a coconut by the TV, a parrot by the bed, a drum by the dining table. What did you place by the kitchen? (a) coconut (b) umbrella (c) drum (d) bucket
  18. 18.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the pomodoro (b) chunking (c) the method of loci (d) the rhyme method
  19. 19.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a kettle by the shoe rack, a mango by the door, a kite by the sofa, a rope by the TV, a net by the dining table. Where did you place the kettle? (a) sofa (b) shoe rack (c) TV (d) dining table
  20. 20.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place an anchor by the TV, a spoon by the dining table, a banana by the kitchen, a sock by the bed, a parrot by the sofa. Where did you place the banana? (a) dining table (b) bed (c) kitchen (d) sofa
  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 doll by the fruit cart, an apple by the bus stop, a whistle by the park gate, a ladder by the banyan tree, an ant by the post box. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) whistle (b) apple (c) ladder (d) doll
  22. 22.🏰 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
  23. 23.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a glass by the shoe rack, a shoe by the TV, a tomato by the door, a ball by the dining table, a candle by the sofa. What did you place by the door? (a) glass (b) candle (c) shoe (d) tomato
  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: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a kettle by the gate, a goat by the door, a flute by the shoe rack, an urn by the sofa, a parrot by the TV. Where did you place the flute? (a) sofa (b) TV (c) gate (d) shoe rack
  26. 26.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place an anchor by the slide, a doll by the banyan tree, a tent by the fruit cart, a jug by the swing, a fan by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) tent (b) doll (c) jug (d) anchor
  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.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a jeep by the bench, an umpire by the swing, a van by the slide, a kettle by the fruit cart, a violin by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) kettle (b) van (c) umpire (d) violin
  29. 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a pencil by the fruit cart, a monkey by the park gate, a jeep by the bus stop, a tomato by the post box, a mango by the banyan tree. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) mango (b) tomato (c) pencil (d) jeep
  30. 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a needle by the slide, a coconut by the park gate, an inkpot by the banyan tree, a violin by the fruit cart, an umbrella by the swing. Where did you place the umbrella? (a) park gate (b) slide (c) fruit cart (d) swing
  31. 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a vase by the playground, a flute by the blackboard, an umbrella by the classroom door, a net by the library, a kite by the teacher’s desk. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) flute (b) umbrella (c) net (d) vase
  32. 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a wallet by the park gate, a whistle by the bus stop, a radio by the post box, a lamp by the banyan tree, an apple by the fruit cart. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) lamp (b) apple (c) wallet (d) whistle
  33. 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a flute by the swing, a fan by the park gate, a doll by the fruit cart, a cat by the banyan tree, a tiger by the post box. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) fan (b) flute (c) cat (d) tiger
  34. 34.🏰 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
  35. 35.🏰 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
  36. 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place an inkpot by the teacher’s desk, a ball by the library, a van by the playground, a violin by the classroom door, a guava by the blackboard. What did you place by the classroom door? (a) inkpot (b) van (c) violin (d) guava
  37. 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a doll by the playground, an urn by the library, a parrot by the teacher’s desk, a wallet by the blackboard, a flute by the classroom door. Where did you place the flute? (a) playground (b) library (c) blackboard (d) classroom door
  38. 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a ladder by the shoe rack, a nest by the sofa, a drum by the door, a coconut by the TV, an orange by the gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) drum (b) orange (c) ladder (d) nest
  39. 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a kettle by the teacher’s desk, an inkpot by the school gate, a mirror by the stairs, a candle by the classroom door, a key by the notice board. What did you place by the notice board? (a) kettle (b) key (c) inkpot (d) mirror
  40. 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a spoon by the classroom door, a parrot by the library, a fan by the stairs, an ant by the teacher’s desk, a candle by the blackboard. Where did you place the fan? (a) stairs (b) blackboard (c) classroom door (d) teacher’s desk

Answer key

  1. step 4
  2. step 2
  3. to keep the order
  4. add more stops
  5. banana
  6. fix stops in order
  7. monkey
  8. van
  9. choose a place you know
  10. one you know very well
  11. step 3
  12. school gate
  13. yes, with new pictures
  14. pencil
  15. parrot
  16. step 1
  17. umbrella
  18. the method of loci
  19. shoe rack
  20. kitchen
  21. doll
  22. put pictures at stops
  23. tomato
  24. fix stops in order
  25. shoe rack
  26. anchor
  27. put pictures at stops
  28. kettle
  29. jeep
  30. swing
  31. flute
  32. whistle
  33. fan
  34. choose a place you know
  35. choose a place you know
  36. violin
  37. classroom door
  38. ladder
  39. key
  40. stairs

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