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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Memory Palace

Memory techniques lesson 15: The memory palace · Set 224 · 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.🏰 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
  2. 2.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place an umpire by the swing, a frog by the fruit cart, a pillow by the banyan tree, a parrot by the slide, a rose by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) umpire (b) rose (c) frog (d) pillow
  3. 3.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a frog by the school gate, an ant by the stairs, a lamp by the classroom door, a doll by the teacher’s desk, an urn by the notice board. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) frog (b) ant (c) urn (d) lamp
  4. 4.🏰 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
  5. 5.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) chunking (b) the method of loci (c) the rhyme method (d) the pomodoro
  6. 6.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) skip 5 items (b) use no route (c) put all at one stop (d) add more stops
  7. 7.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place an urn by the dining table, a wallet by the kitchen, a monkey by the sofa, an onion by the TV, a cat by the bed. What did you place by the sofa? (a) monkey (b) urn (c) onion (d) cat
  8. 8.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a watch by the notice board, an igloo by the teacher’s desk, a vase by the school gate, an urn by the stairs, an onion by the classroom door. Where did you place the urn? (a) notice board (b) school gate (c) teacher’s desk (d) stairs
  9. 9.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a pillow by the blackboard, a flute by the classroom door, a bucket by the library, a sock by the teacher’s desk, an inkpot by the playground. What did you place by the playground? (a) sock (b) bucket (c) inkpot (d) flute
  10. 10.🏰 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
  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.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
  13. 13.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a needle by the shoe rack, a frog by the dining table, an inkpot by the sofa, a kettle by the door, a bucket by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) frog (b) inkpot (c) kettle (d) needle
  14. 14.🏰 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 post box, a spoon by the bus stop, a mirror by the park gate, a van by the banyan tree, a fan by the fruit cart. Where did you place the key? (a) fruit cart (b) post box (c) park gate (d) bus stop
  15. 15.🏰 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
  16. 16.🏰 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
  17. 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a lemon by the bench, a sock by the park gate, a frog by the slide, a pencil by the fruit cart, a glass by the swing. Where did you place the sock? (a) fruit cart (b) slide (c) park gate (d) bench
  18. 18.🏰 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
  19. 19.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) only once a year (b) no, never (c) only for numbers (d) yes, with new pictures
  20. 20.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a goat by the TV, an onion by the shoe rack, a tiger by the door, a drum by the sofa, an owl by the dining table. Where did you place the goat? (a) TV (b) sofa (c) door (d) shoe rack
  21. 21.🏰 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 fruit cart, a lamp by the bus stop, a fan by the post box, a glass by the banyan tree, an umbrella by the park gate. Where did you place the lamp? (a) post box (b) fruit cart (c) bus stop (d) banyan tree
  22. 22.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place an igloo by the dining table, an anchor by the door, a van by the TV, a flute by the sofa, a pencil by the shoe rack. What did you place by the door? (a) pencil (b) anchor (c) van (d) flute
  23. 23.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) it looks nice (b) to make it longer (c) no reason (d) to keep the order
  24. 24.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
  25. 25.🏰 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 post box, a tiger by the banyan tree, a sock by the fruit cart, a fan by the park gate, a candle by the swing. What did you place by the swing? (a) fan (b) sock (c) onion (d) candle
  26. 26.🏰 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
  27. 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a radio by the shoe rack, a jalebi by the door, a pillow by the dining table, a fan by the sofa, an onion by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) onion (b) fan (c) pillow (d) radio
  28. 28.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place an anchor by the fruit cart, a tiger by the swing, a jeep by the park gate, a rope by the slide, an inkpot by the bench. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) anchor (b) inkpot (c) rope (d) jeep
  29. 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a cat by the TV, an apple by the kitchen, a violin by the sofa, an inkpot by the dining table, a glass by the bed. What did you place by the TV? (a) glass (b) cat (c) violin (d) inkpot
  30. 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a spoon by the sofa, a bucket by the bed, a pillow by the kitchen, a lamp by the dining table, a shoe by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) bucket (b) pillow (c) shoe (d) spoon
  31. 31.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a random new city (b) one you know very well (c) a blank wall (d) one you never saw
  32. 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a rope by the slide, a ball by the park gate, a sock by the swing, a rose by the bench, a ladder by the fruit cart. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) sock (b) ball (c) rose (d) ladder
  33. 33.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
  34. 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a kettle by the TV, a frog by the door, a tomato by the shoe rack, a net by the sofa, a pillow by the dining table. What did you place by the shoe rack? (a) kettle (b) tomato (c) frog (d) pillow
  35. 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a glass by the bench, a needle by the slide, a ball by the fruit cart, a nest by the swing, a tomato by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) nest (b) tomato (c) needle (d) ball
  36. 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a jalebi by the library, a jeep by the classroom door, a bucket by the blackboard, a fan by the stairs, a shoe by the teacher’s desk. Where did you place the bucket? (a) teacher’s desk (b) blackboard (c) classroom door (d) library
  37. 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a goat by the bed, an owl by the sofa, an inkpot by the dining table, an umpire by the kitchen, a jalebi by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) umpire (b) inkpot (c) owl (d) goat
  38. 38.🏰 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
  39. 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a ladder by the sofa, a spoon by the dining table, a vase by the shoe rack, a coconut by the kitchen, a fan by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) vase (b) spoon (c) coconut (d) ladder
  40. 40.🏰 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

Answer key

  1. put pictures at stops
  2. frog
  3. urn
  4. step 1
  5. the method of loci
  6. add more stops
  7. monkey
  8. stairs
  9. inkpot
  10. fix stops in order
  11. fix stops in order
  12. step 3
  13. frog
  14. post box
  15. choose a place you know
  16. choose a place you know
  17. park gate
  18. fix stops in order
  19. yes, with new pictures
  20. TV
  21. bus stop
  22. anchor
  23. to keep the order
  24. step 2
  25. candle
  26. put pictures at stops
  27. radio
  28. anchor
  29. cat
  30. pillow
  31. one you know very well
  32. rose
  33. step 4
  34. tomato
  35. tomato
  36. blackboard
  37. goat
  38. choose a place you know
  39. ladder
  40. choose a place you know

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