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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Memory Palace

Memory techniques lesson 15: The memory palace · Set 211 · 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.🏰 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
  2. 2.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place an inkpot by the classroom door, a jeep by the teacher’s desk, a net by the notice board, an urn by the blackboard, a wallet by the stairs. Where did you place the inkpot? (a) stairs (b) blackboard (c) notice board (d) classroom door
  3. 3.🏰 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
  4. 4.🏰 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
  5. 5.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
  6. 6.🏰 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
  7. 7.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
  8. 8.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a tent by the teacher’s desk, a shoe by the playground, an onion by the blackboard, an ant by the library, a jeep by the classroom door. What did you place by the blackboard? (a) jeep (b) ant (c) onion (d) tent
  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.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a tiger by the blackboard, a van by the playground, an inkpot by the library, a spoon by the teacher’s desk, a ladder by the classroom door. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) ladder (b) inkpot (c) van (d) tiger
  11. 11.🏰 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
  12. 12.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a rose by the park gate, a goat by the swing, a mirror by the fruit cart, an owl by the bench, a duck by the slide. What did you place by the bench? (a) duck (b) owl (c) rose (d) mirror
  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: walk the route to recall or choose a place you know? (a) walk the route to recall (b) choose a place you know
  15. 15.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
  16. 16.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place an inkpot by the classroom door, an igloo by the library, a mirror by the blackboard, a needle by the teacher’s desk, a wallet by the stairs. Where did you place the wallet? (a) classroom door (b) blackboard (c) library (d) stairs
  17. 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a whistle by the swing, a frog by the banyan tree, a needle by the slide, an owl by the fruit cart, a flute by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) flute (b) owl (c) whistle (d) needle
  18. 18.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a van by the kitchen, a tiger by the sofa, a pillow by the dining table, a vase by the TV, a kite by the shoe rack. Where did you place the vase? (a) shoe rack (b) sofa (c) kitchen (d) TV
  19. 19.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a jeep by the shoe rack, a monkey by the sofa, a wallet by the door, an urn by the dining table, a ladder by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) jeep (b) urn (c) monkey (d) wallet
  20. 20.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a duck by the park gate, a jalebi by the swing, a kite by the post box, a cat by the fruit cart, a wallet by the banyan tree. What did you place by the fruit cart? (a) jalebi (b) kite (c) cat (d) wallet
  21. 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a goat by the teacher’s desk, an inkpot by the classroom door, an apple by the blackboard, a pillow by the library, an umbrella by the playground. Where did you place the pillow? (a) playground (b) library (c) blackboard (d) classroom door
  22. 22.🏰 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 post box, a kite by the park gate, an ant by the bus stop, a monkey by the fruit cart, a jug by the banyan tree. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) jug (b) kite (c) ant (d) glass
  23. 23.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) chunking (b) the rhyme method (c) the method of loci (d) the pomodoro
  24. 24.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) use no route (b) skip 5 items (c) put all at one stop (d) add more stops
  25. 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a pencil by the teacher’s desk, a frog by the school gate, an urn by the stairs, a parrot by the notice board, a banana by the classroom door. Where did you place the pencil? (a) teacher’s desk (b) school gate (c) notice board (d) classroom door
  26. 26.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a whistle by the teacher’s desk, an onion by the classroom door, a parrot by the library, a lamp by the playground, a frog by the blackboard. What did you place by the classroom door? (a) parrot (b) onion (c) frog (d) whistle
  27. 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a coconut by the slide, a sock by the fruit cart, a parrot by the park gate, a ladder by the bench, a key by the swing. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) key (b) coconut (c) ladder (d) sock
  28. 28.🏰 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
  29. 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a fan by the teacher’s desk, a jug by the stairs, a tiger by the school gate, a nest by the classroom door, a ball by the notice board. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) fan (b) tiger (c) ball (d) jug
  30. 30.🏰 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
  31. 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a cat by the door, a key by the sofa, an igloo by the shoe rack, a pencil by the gate, a rope by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) rope (b) pencil (c) key (d) igloo
  32. 32.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
  33. 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place an anchor by the stairs, an orange by the teacher’s desk, a lamp by the notice board, a candle by the classroom door, an ant by the school gate. What did you place by the teacher’s desk? (a) anchor (b) orange (c) lamp (d) ant
  34. 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a jug by the blackboard, a ladder by the teacher’s desk, a shoe by the library, an owl by the playground, a flute by the classroom door. Where did you place the flute? (a) teacher’s desk (b) classroom door (c) blackboard (d) library
  35. 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a candle by the park gate, an urn by the banyan tree, a lemon by the slide, a wallet by the fruit cart, an inkpot by the swing. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) candle (b) wallet (c) urn (d) lemon
  36. 36.🏰 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
  37. 37.🏰 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
  38. 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a ladder by the classroom door, a frog by the stairs, an umpire by the blackboard, a flute by the notice board, an ice cream by the teacher’s desk. What did you place by the stairs? (a) flute (b) ladder (c) umpire (d) frog
  39. 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a frog by the door, an owl by the TV, a spoon by the sofa, an umpire by the gate, a glass by the shoe rack. Where did you place the frog? (a) door (b) sofa (c) shoe rack (d) gate
  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 jeep by the fruit cart, an urn by the park gate, a duck by the bus stop, an inkpot by the banyan tree, a tiger by the post box. Where did you place the urn? (a) bus stop (b) fruit cart (c) banyan tree (d) park gate

Answer key

  1. to keep the order
  2. classroom door
  3. one you know very well
  4. choose a place you know
  5. step 3
  6. fix stops in order
  7. step 1
  8. onion
  9. put pictures at stops
  10. ladder
  11. fix stops in order
  12. owl
  13. put pictures at stops
  14. choose a place you know
  15. step 4
  16. stairs
  17. needle
  18. TV
  19. jeep
  20. cat
  21. library
  22. ant
  23. the method of loci
  24. add more stops
  25. teacher’s desk
  26. onion
  27. key
  28. yes, with new pictures
  29. jug
  30. choose a place you know
  31. key
  32. step 2
  33. orange
  34. classroom door
  35. candle
  36. fix stops in order
  37. choose a place you know
  38. frog
  39. door
  40. park gate

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