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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Memory Palace

Memory techniques lesson 15: The memory palace · Set 201 · 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.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a mango by the library, a banana by the blackboard, an urn by the playground, a lemon by the classroom door, an owl by the teacher’s desk. Where did you place the lemon? (a) blackboard (b) playground (c) teacher’s desk (d) classroom door
  2. 2.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a key by the TV, a candle by the bed, an umbrella by the sofa, a frog by the kitchen, a mango by the dining table. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) mango (b) candle (c) frog (d) key
  3. 3.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
  4. 4.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) add more stops (b) put all at one stop (c) skip 5 items (d) use no route
  5. 5.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the pomodoro (b) chunking (c) the method of loci (d) the rhyme method
  6. 6.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a whistle by the sofa, an apple by the shoe rack, a lamp by the gate, an urn by the door, a monkey by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) urn (b) whistle (c) lamp (d) apple
  7. 7.🏰 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
  8. 8.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
  9. 9.🏰 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
  10. 10.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place an umbrella by the teacher’s desk, a bucket by the notice board, a duck by the classroom door, a guava by the stairs, an ant by the blackboard. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) guava (b) umbrella (c) ant (d) bucket
  11. 11.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a flute by the TV, a monkey by the sofa, a violin by the dining table, a vase by the shoe rack, a kite by the kitchen. Where did you place the violin? (a) kitchen (b) shoe rack (c) sofa (d) dining table
  12. 12.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a watch by the slide, a shoe by the fruit cart, a goat by the swing, a whistle by the park gate, a rose by the bench. What did you place by the slide? (a) whistle (b) goat (c) shoe (d) watch
  13. 13.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a van by the library, a key by the teacher’s desk, a cat by the classroom door, a banana by the stairs, an onion by the blackboard. What did you place by the stairs? (a) onion (b) van (c) banana (d) key
  14. 14.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a pillow by the stairs, a sock by the classroom door, a duck by the blackboard, a glass by the notice board, an umbrella by the teacher’s desk. What did you place by the blackboard? (a) sock (b) glass (c) pillow (d) duck
  15. 15.🏰 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
  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 key by the banyan tree, a tent by the bus stop, a wallet by the park gate, a vase by the post box, a violin by the fruit cart. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) violin (b) wallet (c) key (d) vase
  17. 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place an apple by the banyan tree, a jug by the post box, an umbrella by the fruit cart, a rope by the bus stop, a ball by the park gate. Where did you place the apple? (a) banyan tree (b) bus stop (c) park gate (d) post box
  18. 18.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a nest by the swing, a sock by the banyan tree, a banana by the post box, a vase by the park gate, a tomato by the fruit cart. What did you place by the fruit cart? (a) tomato (b) nest (c) vase (d) banana
  19. 19.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place an urn by the dining table, a lamp by the TV, an apple by the shoe rack, a cat by the sofa, a parrot by the kitchen. Where did you place the lamp? (a) dining table (b) kitchen (c) sofa (d) TV
  20. 20.🏰 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
  21. 21.🏰 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
  22. 22.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
  23. 23.🏰 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
  24. 24.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a jug by the door, a mirror by the TV, an igloo by the shoe rack, an onion by the dining table, a kite by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) kite (b) mirror (c) jug (d) igloo
  25. 25.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
  26. 26.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place an urn by the classroom door, an umbrella by the teacher’s desk, a tent by the notice board, a whistle by the school gate, a key by the stairs. What did you place by the classroom door? (a) whistle (b) key (c) urn (d) umbrella
  27. 27.🏰 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
  28. 28.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) only for numbers (b) no, never (c) only once a year (d) yes, with new pictures
  29. 29.🏰 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
  30. 30.🏰 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
  31. 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a pencil by the notice board, a flute by the classroom door, an igloo by the blackboard, a tent by the teacher’s desk, a jug by the stairs. What did you place by the classroom door? (a) jug (b) flute (c) igloo (d) tent
  32. 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place an igloo by the sofa, a candle by the door, an ice cream by the TV, a pillow by the shoe rack, an apple by the gate. What did you place by the door? (a) candle (b) ice cream (c) pillow (d) apple
  33. 33.🏰 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
  34. 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a bucket by the teacher’s desk, a tent by the classroom door, a shoe by the blackboard, a rose by the stairs, an anchor by the notice board. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) anchor (b) bucket (c) tent (d) rose
  35. 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a jalebi by the park gate, a cat by the fruit cart, an apple by the banyan tree, a whistle by the post box, a mango by the bus stop. What did you place by the post box? (a) mango (b) cat (c) whistle (d) apple
  36. 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a net by the banyan tree, an ant by the park gate, a monkey by the swing, an orange by the post box, an inkpot by the fruit cart. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) net (b) monkey (c) orange (d) inkpot
  37. 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place an apple by the dining table, a duck by the TV, an anchor by the door, a shoe by the sofa, a mango by the shoe rack. What did you place by the dining table? (a) shoe (b) duck (c) mango (d) apple
  38. 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a bucket by the dining table, a jalebi by the sofa, a goat by the TV, an ant by the kitchen, a wallet by the bed. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) goat (b) bucket (c) ant (d) jalebi
  39. 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a duck by the bus stop, a radio by the banyan tree, a tiger by the fruit cart, a cat by the park gate, a parrot by the post box. What did you place by the bus stop? (a) duck (b) tiger (c) radio (d) parrot
  40. 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a kite by the shoe rack, a radio by the gate, a needle by the door, a vase by the sofa, a duck by the TV. What did you place by the shoe rack? (a) needle (b) vase (c) kite (d) radio

Answer key

  1. classroom door
  2. candle
  3. step 2
  4. add more stops
  5. the method of loci
  6. urn
  7. to keep the order
  8. step 1
  9. choose a place you know
  10. bucket
  11. dining table
  12. watch
  13. banana
  14. duck
  15. put pictures at stops
  16. wallet
  17. banyan tree
  18. tomato
  19. TV
  20. one you know very well
  21. fix stops in order
  22. step 4
  23. choose a place you know
  24. kite
  25. step 3
  26. urn
  27. fix stops in order
  28. yes, with new pictures
  29. fix stops in order
  30. choose a place you know
  31. flute
  32. candle
  33. fix stops in order
  34. bucket
  35. whistle
  36. net
  37. apple
  38. ant
  39. duck
  40. kite

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