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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Memory Palace

Memory techniques lesson 15: The memory palace · Set 207 · 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 walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a guava by the fruit cart, a ball by the slide, a cat by the banyan tree, a kettle by the park gate, an apple by the swing. What did you place by the swing? (a) apple (b) kettle (c) ball (d) cat
  2. 2.🏰 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
  3. 3.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a banana by the kitchen, a tiger by the TV, a cat by the dining table, an inkpot by the bed, an apple by the sofa. What did you place by the sofa? (a) banana (b) cat (c) tiger (d) apple
  4. 4.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) chunking (b) the pomodoro (c) the rhyme method (d) the method of loci
  5. 5.🏰 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
  6. 6.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a needle by the slide, a sock by the swing, a rope by the bench, a frog by the fruit cart, a wallet by the park gate. What did you place by the bench? (a) needle (b) frog (c) rope (d) sock
  7. 7.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
  8. 8.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a jeep by the TV, a frog by the sofa, an onion by the shoe rack, a drum by the gate, a fan by the door. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) jeep (b) onion (c) drum (d) fan
  9. 9.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
  10. 10.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
  11. 11.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a cat by the library, an urn by the stairs, a whistle by the classroom door, a vase by the teacher’s desk, a duck by the blackboard. What did you place by the stairs? (a) urn (b) duck (c) whistle (d) vase
  12. 12.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a guava by the classroom door, a frog by the blackboard, a violin by the notice board, a watch by the teacher’s desk, a wallet by the stairs. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) guava (b) violin (c) watch (d) frog
  13. 13.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a lemon by the dining table, a frog by the door, a tiger by the TV, a banana by the shoe rack, a sock by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) sock (b) tiger (c) lemon (d) banana
  14. 14.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a violin by the swing, a parrot by the fruit cart, a whistle by the park gate, a frog by the slide, a duck by the banyan tree. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) whistle (b) violin (c) parrot (d) duck
  15. 15.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a random new city (b) one you never saw (c) a blank wall (d) one you know very well
  16. 16.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place an inkpot by the banyan tree, a tomato by the park gate, a cat by the fruit cart, an anchor by the slide, a nest by the swing. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) tomato (b) anchor (c) inkpot (d) nest
  17. 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a flute by the classroom door, a candle by the teacher’s desk, a goat by the playground, an anchor by the library, a violin by the blackboard. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) flute (b) anchor (c) candle (d) violin
  18. 18.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) no, never (b) only once a year (c) only for numbers (d) yes, with new pictures
  19. 19.🏰 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
  20. 20.🏰 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
  21. 21.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or put pictures at stops? (a) choose a place you know (b) put pictures at stops
  22. 22.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
  23. 23.🏰 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
  24. 24.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) no reason (b) to make it longer (c) to keep the order (d) it looks nice
  25. 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place an onion by the playground, a tomato by the library, an owl by the classroom door, a violin by the blackboard, a duck by the teacher’s desk. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) tomato (b) violin (c) onion (d) duck
  26. 26.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a candle by the fruit cart, a ladder by the park gate, a frog by the bus stop, a pencil by the post box, a lamp by the banyan tree. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) ladder (b) candle (c) frog (d) lamp
  27. 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a net by the park gate, a tent by the post box, an ice cream by the fruit cart, a jalebi by the bus stop, a banana by the banyan tree. What did you place by the post box? (a) banana (b) ice cream (c) jalebi (d) tent
  28. 28.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) put all at one stop (b) use no route (c) skip 5 items (d) add more stops
  29. 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place an ant by the sofa, an owl by the door, a duck by the TV, a tomato by the gate, a mango by the shoe rack. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) mango (b) ant (c) tomato (d) duck
  30. 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a coconut by the sofa, a monkey by the kitchen, a jalebi by the shoe rack, a net by the dining table, a nest by the TV. What did you place by the kitchen? (a) nest (b) jalebi (c) coconut (d) monkey
  31. 31.🏰 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
  32. 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a tiger by the playground, a doll by the classroom door, an owl by the blackboard, a violin by the library, a jug by the teacher’s desk. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) doll (b) jug (c) owl (d) tiger
  33. 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a needle by the library, a doll by the stairs, a nest by the classroom door, a van by the blackboard, an onion by the teacher’s desk. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) onion (b) doll (c) nest (d) needle
  34. 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place an onion by the shoe rack, a pillow by the dining table, a nest by the TV, a candle by the sofa, a lamp by the door. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) candle (b) lamp (c) onion (d) pillow
  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 glass by the banyan tree, a guava by the park gate, a bucket by the bus stop, a nest by the fruit cart, an umpire by the post box. What did you place by the park gate? (a) bucket (b) nest (c) umpire (d) guava
  36. 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a candle by the park gate, a drum by the fruit cart, a duck by the banyan tree, a fan by the swing, a jug by the post box. Where did you place the drum? (a) park gate (b) banyan tree (c) fruit cart (d) swing
  37. 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a violin by the swing, a coconut by the post box, a mango by the banyan tree, a guava by the fruit cart, an ant by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) guava (b) ant (c) mango (d) violin
  38. 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a glass by the dining table, a needle by the sofa, a tomato by the shoe rack, a doll by the TV, a nest by the kitchen. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) nest (b) doll (c) tomato (d) needle
  39. 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a watch by the dining table, a candle by the shoe rack, a bucket by the door, an ant by the TV, a drum by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) ant (b) watch (c) bucket (d) drum
  40. 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a lamp by the stairs, a pencil by the notice board, a drum by the classroom door, a wallet by the teacher’s desk, a coconut by the blackboard. What did you place by the classroom door? (a) coconut (b) wallet (c) drum (d) pencil

Answer key

  1. apple
  2. put pictures at stops
  3. apple
  4. the method of loci
  5. put pictures at stops
  6. rope
  7. step 3
  8. drum
  9. step 1
  10. step 4
  11. urn
  12. frog
  13. lemon
  14. parrot
  15. one you know very well
  16. anchor
  17. candle
  18. yes, with new pictures
  19. choose a place you know
  20. choose a place you know
  21. choose a place you know
  22. step 2
  23. fix stops in order
  24. to keep the order
  25. onion
  26. frog
  27. tent
  28. add more stops
  29. duck
  30. monkey
  31. fix stops in order
  32. owl
  33. nest
  34. candle
  35. guava
  36. fruit cart
  37. mango
  38. tomato
  39. bucket
  40. drum

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