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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Memory Palace

Memory techniques lesson 15: The memory palace · Set 259 · 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.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the pomodoro (b) the rhyme method (c) the method of loci (d) chunking
  2. 2.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
  3. 3.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a blank wall (b) one you never saw (c) a random new city (d) one you know very well
  4. 4.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a monkey by the dining table, a kettle by the bed, a frog by the sofa, a needle by the TV, a tomato by the kitchen. What did you place by the kitchen? (a) kettle (b) frog (c) tomato (d) needle
  5. 5.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
  6. 6.🏰 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
  7. 7.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a monkey by the sofa, a spoon by the TV, a rose by the shoe rack, a lamp by the dining table, a net by the door. What did you place by the shoe rack? (a) spoon (b) net (c) monkey (d) rose
  8. 8.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a jug by the classroom door, a radio by the teacher’s desk, an anchor by the stairs, a van by the notice board, an ant by the school gate. Where did you place the jug? (a) stairs (b) school gate (c) teacher’s desk (d) classroom door
  9. 9.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a goat by the blackboard, a bucket by the teacher’s desk, a tomato by the classroom door, a net by the playground, a watch by the library. Where did you place the tomato? (a) library (b) classroom door (c) playground (d) teacher’s desk
  10. 10.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place an inkpot by the door, a wallet by the dining table, a coconut by the sofa, a tomato by the TV, a ball by the shoe rack. Where did you place the wallet? (a) dining table (b) door (c) TV (d) sofa
  11. 11.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
  12. 12.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a lamp by the blackboard, a wallet by the classroom door, a rose by the stairs, a tent by the library, a net by the teacher’s desk. What did you place by the classroom door? (a) rose (b) wallet (c) tent (d) lamp
  13. 13.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) no reason (b) to keep the order (c) to make it longer (d) it looks nice
  14. 14.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a jug by the shoe rack, a frog by the TV, a ball by the sofa, a nest by the dining table, an orange by the door. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) orange (b) ball (c) nest (d) frog
  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: walk the route to recall or fix stops in order? (a) walk the route to recall (b) fix stops in order
  17. 17.🏰 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
  18. 18.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) no, never (b) only for numbers (c) yes, with new pictures (d) only once a year
  19. 19.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a shoe by the kitchen, a jalebi by the TV, a ball by the bed, a jeep by the sofa, a pillow by the dining table. What did you place by the dining table? (a) pillow (b) jeep (c) jalebi (d) shoe
  20. 20.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a mirror by the classroom door, a ball by the teacher’s desk, a tent by the stairs, an apple by the blackboard, a spoon by the library. Where did you place the apple? (a) classroom door (b) blackboard (c) library (d) teacher’s desk
  21. 21.🏰 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
  22. 22.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a net by the TV, an umbrella by the shoe rack, a kite by the sofa, a lemon by the door, a ball by the gate. What did you place by the TV? (a) lemon (b) umbrella (c) ball (d) net
  23. 23.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a needle by the shoe rack, an onion by the sofa, an ice cream by the TV, a ball by the door, a jalebi by the gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) ball (b) ice cream (c) onion (d) jalebi
  24. 24.🏰 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
  25. 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a watch by the stairs, a spoon by the notice board, a pillow by the teacher’s desk, a parrot by the classroom door, a violin by the blackboard. What did you place by the notice board? (a) pillow (b) spoon (c) parrot (d) watch
  26. 26.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a tiger by the TV, an apple by the sofa, a kettle by the dining table, a vase by the shoe rack, a watch by the kitchen. What did you place by the shoe rack? (a) vase (b) watch (c) tiger (d) apple
  27. 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place an apple by the blackboard, a drum by the playground, a wallet by the library, a parrot by the classroom door, an urn by the teacher’s desk. What did you place by the teacher’s desk? (a) urn (b) drum (c) parrot (d) wallet
  28. 28.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a kettle by the banyan tree, a tent by the post box, an orange by the fruit cart, a parrot by the swing, a ball by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) parrot (b) kettle (c) tent (d) ball
  29. 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a tiger by the banyan tree, an umpire by the fruit cart, a spoon by the swing, a needle by the park gate, a candle by the post box. Where did you place the spoon? (a) swing (b) banyan tree (c) post box (d) park gate
  30. 30.🏰 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
  31. 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a rose by the banyan tree, a kettle by the swing, a radio by the fruit cart, a mirror by the post box, a candle by the park gate. What did you place by the post box? (a) mirror (b) kettle (c) rose (d) candle
  32. 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a candle by the shoe rack, a nest by the TV, a key by the dining table, an orange by the door, a coconut by the sofa. What did you place by the sofa? (a) candle (b) nest (c) coconut (d) key
  33. 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place an apple by the bed, a bucket by the kitchen, an owl by the dining table, a flute by the sofa, a tomato by the TV. Where did you place the owl? (a) sofa (b) kitchen (c) TV (d) dining table
  34. 34.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) use no route (b) put all at one stop (c) skip 5 items (d) add more stops
  35. 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a shoe by the blackboard, a duck by the stairs, an onion by the teacher’s desk, a goat by the notice board, an igloo by the classroom door. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) igloo (b) onion (c) goat (d) duck
  36. 36.🏰 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
  37. 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a jeep by the blackboard, a tiger by the playground, a frog by the library, a candle by the classroom door, a key by the teacher’s desk. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) jeep (b) candle (c) key (d) tiger
  38. 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a ball by the library, a vase by the blackboard, a lamp by the classroom door, a doll by the teacher’s desk, an igloo by the stairs. What did you place by the blackboard? (a) doll (b) lamp (c) ball (d) vase
  39. 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place an owl by the bed, a shoe by the dining table, a watch by the TV, a flute by the kitchen, a fan by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) owl (b) watch (c) flute (d) fan
  40. 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a mango by the dining table, a bucket by the kitchen, a duck by the TV, a ball by the sofa, a tent by the shoe rack. Where did you place the ball? (a) dining table (b) TV (c) kitchen (d) sofa

Answer key

  1. the method of loci
  2. step 1
  3. one you know very well
  4. tomato
  5. step 3
  6. put pictures at stops
  7. rose
  8. classroom door
  9. classroom door
  10. dining table
  11. step 2
  12. wallet
  13. to keep the order
  14. ball
  15. choose a place you know
  16. fix stops in order
  17. put pictures at stops
  18. yes, with new pictures
  19. pillow
  20. blackboard
  21. fix stops in order
  22. net
  23. jalebi
  24. choose a place you know
  25. spoon
  26. vase
  27. urn
  28. parrot
  29. swing
  30. choose a place you know
  31. mirror
  32. coconut
  33. dining table
  34. add more stops
  35. goat
  36. fix stops in order
  37. key
  38. vase
  39. owl
  40. sofa

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