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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Memory Palace

Memory techniques lesson 15: The memory palace · Set 214 · 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: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place an orange by the fruit cart, an umbrella by the bench, a shoe by the swing, a ball by the park gate, a pencil by the slide. Where did you place the ball? (a) swing (b) slide (c) fruit cart (d) park gate
  2. 2.🏰 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
  3. 3.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) chunking (b) the rhyme method (c) the method of loci (d) the pomodoro
  4. 4.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
  5. 5.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) no, never (b) only once a year (c) yes, with new pictures (d) only for numbers
  6. 6.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a guava by the classroom door, a lamp by the stairs, a watch by the notice board, a frog by the teacher’s desk, a tiger by the school gate. Where did you place the guava? (a) stairs (b) classroom door (c) notice board (d) school gate
  7. 7.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place an ant by the slide, a jeep by the swing, a coconut by the banyan tree, a frog by the fruit cart, a radio by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) frog (b) radio (c) jeep (d) ant
  8. 8.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a lemon by the stairs, a shoe by the classroom door, a pencil by the school gate, a glass by the notice board, a kettle by the teacher’s desk. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) pencil (b) shoe (c) lemon (d) kettle
  9. 9.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a bucket by the fruit cart, a pencil by the banyan tree, a fan by the post box, a monkey by the park gate, an ant by the swing. What did you place by the post box? (a) pencil (b) ant (c) fan (d) bucket
  10. 10.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
  11. 11.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a rose by the TV, a vase by the sofa, an onion by the dining table, an owl by the shoe rack, a pencil by the door. What did you place by the door? (a) pencil (b) vase (c) onion (d) rose
  12. 12.🏰 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
  13. 13.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a watch by the park gate, a doll by the banyan tree, a sock by the fruit cart, a tiger by the slide, a ball by the swing. What did you place by the slide? (a) watch (b) doll (c) ball (d) tiger
  14. 14.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a rose by the classroom door, a lamp by the notice board, a van by the teacher’s desk, a nest by the school gate, a key by the stairs. What did you place by the stairs? (a) nest (b) key (c) rose (d) lamp
  15. 15.🏰 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
  16. 16.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
  17. 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a coconut by the TV, a mirror by the sofa, a banana by the bed, an umpire by the kitchen, a bucket by the dining table. What did you place by the sofa? (a) mirror (b) umpire (c) bucket (d) banana
  18. 18.🏰 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
  19. 19.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a van by the sofa, a kettle by the kitchen, a wallet by the TV, a tomato by the shoe rack, a pencil by the dining table. Where did you place the pencil? (a) dining table (b) shoe rack (c) kitchen (d) TV
  20. 20.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a duck by the bed, a kettle by the kitchen, an anchor by the dining table, a candle by the TV, a mango by the sofa. Where did you place the candle? (a) sofa (b) dining table (c) TV (d) bed
  21. 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place an igloo by the blackboard, a lemon by the classroom door, a bucket by the teacher’s desk, a vase by the library, a lamp by the stairs. Where did you place the igloo? (a) classroom door (b) library (c) blackboard (d) teacher’s desk
  22. 22.🏰 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
  23. 23.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a tent by the blackboard, an owl by the library, a jeep by the teacher’s desk, a goat by the stairs, a duck by the classroom door. What did you place by the stairs? (a) goat (b) duck (c) owl (d) jeep
  24. 24.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a vase by the door, a cat by the TV, a tent by the shoe rack, a sock by the sofa, a key by the dining table. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) tent (b) cat (c) key (d) sock
  25. 25.🏰 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
  26. 26.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a banana by the teacher’s desk, a monkey by the classroom door, an ant by the stairs, a duck by the library, a rope by the blackboard. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) ant (b) duck (c) monkey (d) rope
  27. 27.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
  28. 28.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) use no route (b) add more stops (c) skip 5 items (d) put all at one stop
  29. 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a sock by the sofa, a jug by the shoe rack, a frog by the dining table, a ladder by the TV, a fan by the kitchen. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) fan (b) sock (c) jug (d) ladder
  30. 30.🏰 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
  31. 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place an igloo by the shoe rack, a needle by the door, a shoe by the gate, a whistle by the TV, a coconut by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) needle (b) shoe (c) whistle (d) coconut
  32. 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a van by the classroom door, a banana by the school gate, an ice cream by the stairs, a cat by the notice board, a monkey by the teacher’s desk. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) monkey (b) ice cream (c) banana (d) cat
  33. 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place an umpire by the shoe rack, a drum by the sofa, an ice cream by the door, a frog by the gate, a pillow by the TV. What did you place by the TV? (a) ice cream (b) drum (c) frog (d) pillow
  34. 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a candle by the bed, a tent by the dining table, a vase by the TV, a glass by the kitchen, a mango by the sofa. Where did you place the glass? (a) kitchen (b) TV (c) bed (d) sofa
  35. 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place an onion by the swing, an orange by the banyan tree, a candle by the post box, a parrot by the fruit cart, a kettle by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) orange (b) parrot (c) candle (d) kettle
  36. 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a lemon by the TV, a duck by the dining table, a candle by the sofa, a violin by the door, an umbrella by the shoe rack. Where did you place the lemon? (a) dining table (b) TV (c) door (d) sofa
  37. 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a net by the bench, a wallet by the park gate, a bucket by the swing, a jeep by the slide, an ant by the fruit cart. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) bucket (b) ant (c) jeep (d) net
  38. 38.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a random new city (b) a blank wall (c) one you never saw (d) one you know very well
  39. 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a coconut by the stairs, a bucket by the teacher’s desk, an urn by the notice board, a nest by the blackboard, a fan by the classroom door. Where did you place the nest? (a) blackboard (b) teacher’s desk (c) notice board (d) classroom door
  40. 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a nest by the classroom door, a sock by the school gate, an ice cream by the teacher’s desk, an owl by the notice board, a pillow by the stairs. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) sock (b) nest (c) pillow (d) owl

Answer key

  1. park gate
  2. to keep the order
  3. the method of loci
  4. step 3
  5. yes, with new pictures
  6. classroom door
  7. ant
  8. shoe
  9. fan
  10. step 4
  11. pencil
  12. choose a place you know
  13. tiger
  14. key
  15. choose a place you know
  16. step 2
  17. mirror
  18. put pictures at stops
  19. dining table
  20. TV
  21. blackboard
  22. choose a place you know
  23. goat
  24. tent
  25. put pictures at stops
  26. duck
  27. step 1
  28. add more stops
  29. ladder
  30. fix stops in order
  31. shoe
  32. cat
  33. pillow
  34. kitchen
  35. orange
  36. TV
  37. net
  38. one you know very well
  39. blackboard
  40. nest

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