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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Memory Palace

Memory techniques lesson 15: The memory palace · Set 234 · 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.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a blank wall (b) a random new city (c) one you know very well (d) one you never saw
  2. 2.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
  3. 3.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place an orange by the shoe rack, a watch by the door, a coconut by the gate, a fan by the TV, a ladder by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) orange (b) watch (c) ladder (d) coconut
  4. 4.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a rose by the shoe rack, a glass by the TV, a flute by the dining table, a monkey by the door, a van by the sofa. Where did you place the van? (a) TV (b) shoe rack (c) dining table (d) sofa
  5. 5.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
  6. 6.🏰 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
  7. 7.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a doll by the blackboard, a frog by the teacher’s desk, a coconut by the library, a vase by the playground, a pillow by the classroom door. Where did you place the vase? (a) library (b) playground (c) teacher’s desk (d) classroom door
  8. 8.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place an umbrella by the post box, a pencil by the park gate, a frog by the banyan tree, a coconut by the fruit cart, an urn by the bus stop. What did you place by the fruit cart? (a) frog (b) umbrella (c) coconut (d) urn
  9. 9.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) to make it longer (b) it looks nice (c) to keep the order (d) no reason
  10. 10.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a pillow by the post box, a cat by the banyan tree, a tent by the fruit cart, an onion by the swing, a rope by the park gate. What did you place by the banyan tree? (a) rope (b) tent (c) onion (d) cat
  11. 11.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a rope by the post box, an apple by the swing, a doll by the fruit cart, a pencil by the park gate, a guava by the banyan tree. What did you place by the swing? (a) guava (b) pencil (c) apple (d) rope
  12. 12.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
  13. 13.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a rope by the stairs, a key by the notice board, a jug by the blackboard, a glass by the teacher’s desk, a frog by the classroom door. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) key (b) jug (c) rope (d) glass
  14. 14.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a van by the stairs, an urn by the teacher’s desk, a lemon by the notice board, an owl by the school gate, a net by the classroom door. Where did you place the lemon? (a) school gate (b) classroom door (c) stairs (d) notice board
  15. 15.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a whistle by the gate, an anchor by the TV, a vase by the shoe rack, a monkey by the sofa, a van by the door. Where did you place the vase? (a) gate (b) TV (c) sofa (d) shoe rack
  16. 16.🏰 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
  17. 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a bucket by the shoe rack, a whistle by the sofa, a jeep by the door, a mango by the dining table, an apple by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) bucket (b) jeep (c) apple (d) whistle
  18. 18.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) only for numbers (b) only once a year (c) yes, with new pictures (d) no, never
  19. 19.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
  20. 20.🏰 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
  21. 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a banana by the swing, a kite by the fruit cart, a drum by the park gate, a glass by the slide, a needle by the banyan tree. Where did you place the kite? (a) banyan tree (b) fruit cart (c) swing (d) park gate
  22. 22.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a pillow by the library, a guava by the teacher’s desk, a doll by the stairs, a glass by the blackboard, a banana by the classroom door. Where did you place the guava? (a) stairs (b) teacher’s desk (c) library (d) blackboard
  23. 23.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a key by the bed, a cat by the dining table, an inkpot by the sofa, a ladder by the TV, a ball by the kitchen. What did you place by the dining table? (a) inkpot (b) ball (c) key (d) cat
  24. 24.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a flute by the door, a parrot by the shoe rack, an anchor by the sofa, a watch by the TV, an orange by the gate. Where did you place the flute? (a) sofa (b) TV (c) shoe rack (d) door
  25. 25.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the method of loci (b) the rhyme method (c) the pomodoro (d) chunking
  26. 26.🏰 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
  27. 27.🏰 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
  28. 28.🏰 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
  29. 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place an owl by the sofa, a cat by the door, a glass by the TV, an orange by the shoe rack, a frog by the dining table. What did you place by the dining table? (a) glass (b) cat (c) owl (d) frog
  30. 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a monkey by the teacher’s desk, a doll by the stairs, a radio by the blackboard, a needle by the notice board, a shoe by the classroom door. Where did you place the monkey? (a) stairs (b) blackboard (c) teacher’s desk (d) classroom door
  31. 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a rope by the classroom door, a mirror by the stairs, a banana by the notice board, a violin by the school gate, an ant by the teacher’s desk. What did you place by the notice board? (a) violin (b) mirror (c) banana (d) rope
  32. 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a vase by the post box, a duck by the bus stop, a drum by the park gate, a wallet by the banyan tree, a violin by the fruit cart. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) vase (b) drum (c) wallet (d) violin
  33. 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a rose by the sofa, a coconut by the bed, a candle by the kitchen, a frog by the TV, a mirror by the dining table. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) rose (b) candle (c) mirror (d) frog
  34. 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place an anchor by the sofa, a doll by the shoe rack, a frog by the TV, a lemon by the gate, an ant by the door. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) lemon (b) frog (c) ant (d) anchor
  35. 35.🏰 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
  36. 36.🏰 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
  37. 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a coconut by the shoe rack, a spoon by the door, a ball by the TV, a vase by the dining table, a drum by the sofa. What did you place by the TV? (a) ball (b) drum (c) spoon (d) coconut
  38. 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a vase by the park gate, a rope by the slide, a monkey by the swing, a rose by the bench, a goat by the fruit cart. Where did you place the goat? (a) bench (b) fruit cart (c) swing (d) slide
  39. 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a ladder by the blackboard, a frog by the stairs, a mirror by the classroom door, a watch by the notice board, a whistle by the teacher’s desk. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) frog (b) watch (c) ladder (d) whistle
  40. 40.🏰 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

Answer key

  1. one you know very well
  2. step 4
  3. watch
  4. sofa
  5. step 2
  6. fix stops in order
  7. playground
  8. coconut
  9. to keep the order
  10. cat
  11. apple
  12. step 3
  13. jug
  14. notice board
  15. shoe rack
  16. put pictures at stops
  17. apple
  18. yes, with new pictures
  19. step 1
  20. choose a place you know
  21. fruit cart
  22. teacher’s desk
  23. cat
  24. door
  25. the method of loci
  26. fix stops in order
  27. add more stops
  28. choose a place you know
  29. frog
  30. teacher’s desk
  31. banana
  32. drum
  33. mirror
  34. anchor
  35. choose a place you know
  36. choose a place you know
  37. ball
  38. fruit cart
  39. ladder
  40. fix stops in order

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