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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Memory Palace

Memory techniques lesson 15: The memory palace · Set 146 · 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 place makes the best memory palace? (a) a blank wall (b) one you never saw (c) one you know very well (d) a random new city
  2. 2.🏰 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
  3. 3.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a duck by the banyan tree, a flute by the slide, a ball by the fruit cart, a drum by the park gate, a goat by the swing. What did you place by the banyan tree? (a) ball (b) goat (c) flute (d) duck
  4. 4.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the rhyme method (b) the method of loci (c) the pomodoro (d) chunking
  5. 5.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a kite by the bed, a tiger by the sofa, an ice cream by the kitchen, a spoon by the TV, a drum by the dining table. What did you place by the TV? (a) ice cream (b) kite (c) tiger (d) spoon
  6. 6.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a net by the gate, a wallet by the sofa, a drum by the shoe rack, a jalebi by the TV, a watch by the door. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) watch (b) net (c) drum (d) wallet
  7. 7.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
  8. 8.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) to make it longer (b) it looks nice (c) no reason (d) to keep the order
  9. 9.🏰 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
  10. 10.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) only for numbers (b) no, never (c) yes, with new pictures (d) only once a year
  11. 11.🏰 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
  12. 12.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
  13. 13.🏰 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
  14. 14.🏰 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
  15. 15.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) put all at one stop (b) use no route (c) add more stops (d) skip 5 items
  16. 16.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a lemon by the banyan tree, a duck by the fruit cart, a fan by the bus stop, a candle by the post box, a flute by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) duck (b) lemon (c) candle (d) flute
  17. 17.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
  18. 18.🏰 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
  19. 19.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place an onion by the sofa, a duck by the shoe rack, a van by the dining table, a shoe by the TV, an urn by the kitchen. Where did you place the van? (a) kitchen (b) sofa (c) dining table (d) TV
  20. 20.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a shoe by the teacher’s desk, an inkpot by the classroom door, a candle by the library, a vase by the stairs, a tomato by the blackboard. Where did you place the tomato? (a) blackboard (b) stairs (c) classroom door (d) library
  21. 21.🏰 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
  22. 22.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place an igloo by the bed, a rope by the dining table, a monkey by the TV, a net by the kitchen, a bucket by the sofa. Where did you place the bucket? (a) kitchen (b) sofa (c) bed (d) TV
  23. 23.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a van by the dining table, a goat by the shoe rack, a nest by the kitchen, a doll by the sofa, a violin by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) nest (b) violin (c) doll (d) goat
  24. 24.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a duck by the slide, a monkey by the banyan tree, a van by the park gate, a needle by the fruit cart, a guava by the swing. What did you place by the park gate? (a) van (b) guava (c) monkey (d) needle
  25. 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a key by the bed, a ball by the dining table, an umbrella by the TV, a coconut by the kitchen, a whistle by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) key (b) whistle (c) ball (d) coconut
  26. 26.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a whistle by the park gate, a tent by the bench, a jalebi by the fruit cart, a kite by the swing, a cat by the slide. Where did you place the cat? (a) fruit cart (b) swing (c) slide (d) park gate
  27. 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a mirror by the fruit cart, a duck by the post box, a tiger by the park gate, a nest by the banyan tree, a banana by the swing. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) nest (b) mirror (c) duck (d) banana
  28. 28.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a tiger by the bench, a wallet by the park gate, a shoe by the swing, a needle by the fruit cart, an anchor by the slide. What did you place by the swing? (a) needle (b) tiger (c) shoe (d) anchor
  29. 29.🏰 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
  30. 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place an ant by the banyan tree, a fan by the fruit cart, an inkpot by the park gate, a wallet by the swing, a violin by the post box. Where did you place the wallet? (a) swing (b) post box (c) park gate (d) fruit cart
  31. 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a coconut by the sofa, a kite by the TV, a rose by the dining table, a kettle by the kitchen, a rope by the shoe rack. Where did you place the kite? (a) sofa (b) shoe rack (c) kitchen (d) TV
  32. 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a van by the door, a banana by the gate, an igloo by the sofa, a wallet by the TV, a duck by the shoe rack. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) van (b) duck (c) banana (d) igloo
  33. 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a wallet by the banyan tree, a ladder by the fruit cart, a cat by the swing, a guava by the park gate, a banana by the slide. What did you place by the swing? (a) ladder (b) wallet (c) banana (d) cat
  34. 34.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
  35. 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a key by the swing, a vase by the banyan tree, a doll by the park gate, an umbrella by the slide, a cat by the fruit cart. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) vase (b) cat (c) umbrella (d) doll
  36. 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a goat by the TV, a key by the sofa, a pencil by the kitchen, an owl by the dining table, an ice cream by the shoe rack. What did you place by the TV? (a) pencil (b) ice cream (c) goat (d) owl
  37. 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a whistle by the park gate, a kettle by the fruit cart, a goat by the post box, a lamp by the bus stop, a nest by the banyan tree. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) whistle (b) kettle (c) nest (d) goat
  38. 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a wallet by the classroom door, a ball by the teacher’s desk, a rope by the notice board, a parrot by the blackboard, an onion by the stairs. What did you place by the blackboard? (a) ball (b) onion (c) rope (d) parrot
  39. 39.🏰 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
  40. 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a coconut by the fruit cart, a tomato by the banyan tree, a parrot by the bus stop, a pillow by the post box, a rose by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) rose (b) parrot (c) pillow (d) tomato

Answer key

  1. one you know very well
  2. choose a place you know
  3. duck
  4. the method of loci
  5. spoon
  6. drum
  7. step 1
  8. to keep the order
  9. put pictures at stops
  10. yes, with new pictures
  11. choose a place you know
  12. step 4
  13. put pictures at stops
  14. choose a place you know
  15. add more stops
  16. duck
  17. step 2
  18. fix stops in order
  19. dining table
  20. blackboard
  21. fix stops in order
  22. sofa
  23. doll
  24. van
  25. coconut
  26. slide
  27. mirror
  28. shoe
  29. fix stops in order
  30. swing
  31. TV
  32. van
  33. cat
  34. step 3
  35. doll
  36. goat
  37. goat
  38. parrot
  39. choose a place you know
  40. rose

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