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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Memory Palace

Memory techniques lesson 15: The memory palace · Set 286 · 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 school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a mirror by the blackboard, a net by the teacher’s desk, a banana by the classroom door, a rope by the stairs, a needle by the library. Where did you place the mirror? (a) library (b) blackboard (c) classroom door (d) teacher’s desk
  2. 2.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a radio by the classroom door, a pillow by the notice board, a net by the blackboard, a sock by the stairs, a drum by the teacher’s desk. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) pillow (b) radio (c) drum (d) net
  3. 3.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a sock by the blackboard, a parrot by the stairs, a whistle by the library, a monkey by the classroom door, an igloo by the teacher’s desk. What did you place by the library? (a) igloo (b) parrot (c) monkey (d) whistle
  4. 4.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) add more stops (b) use no route (c) put all at one stop (d) skip 5 items
  5. 5.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
  6. 6.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a monkey by the fruit cart, a kettle by the park gate, a jalebi by the banyan tree, an onion by the bus stop, a jeep by the post box. What did you place by the fruit cart? (a) jalebi (b) monkey (c) jeep (d) kettle
  7. 7.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place an onion by the shoe rack, a net by the TV, an umpire by the door, a radio by the gate, a whistle by the sofa. What did you place by the gate? (a) radio (b) net (c) onion (d) whistle
  8. 8.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
  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: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place an inkpot by the school gate, a jalebi by the notice board, a bucket by the stairs, a banana by the teacher’s desk, a flute by the classroom door. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) flute (b) inkpot (c) jalebi (d) bucket
  11. 11.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the rhyme method (b) chunking (c) the pomodoro (d) the method of loci
  12. 12.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
  13. 13.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) yes, with new pictures (b) no, never (c) only once a year (d) only for numbers
  14. 14.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a pencil by the TV, an onion by the shoe rack, a duck by the sofa, a sock by the gate, a pillow by the door. What did you place by the gate? (a) onion (b) pillow (c) duck (d) sock
  15. 15.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a needle by the swing, a candle by the bench, a cat by the slide, an inkpot by the park gate, an apple by the fruit cart. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) apple (b) inkpot (c) candle (d) cat
  16. 16.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a rope by the classroom door, a van by the library, a parrot by the blackboard, a pencil by the teacher’s desk, a tent by the playground. What did you place by the library? (a) van (b) tent (c) rope (d) pencil
  17. 17.🏰 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
  18. 18.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a cat by the kitchen, a needle by the sofa, an owl by the TV, a kite by the dining table, an igloo by the shoe rack. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) cat (b) kite (c) needle (d) igloo
  19. 19.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
  20. 20.🏰 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
  21. 21.🏰 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
  22. 22.🏰 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
  23. 23.🏰 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
  24. 24.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a goat by the post box, a glass by the fruit cart, an apple by the park gate, a spoon by the bus stop, a pencil by the banyan tree. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) goat (b) pencil (c) glass (d) apple
  25. 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a vase by the sofa, a jeep by the dining table, a lemon by the kitchen, a key by the bed, a duck by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) key (b) duck (c) jeep (d) lemon
  26. 26.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a ladder by the shoe rack, a tiger by the sofa, a wallet by the kitchen, an umpire by the TV, a guava by the dining table. Where did you place the ladder? (a) sofa (b) dining table (c) shoe rack (d) TV
  27. 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a key by the dining table, a fan by the TV, a tent by the kitchen, a nest by the shoe rack, a glass by the sofa. Where did you place the fan? (a) kitchen (b) shoe rack (c) dining table (d) TV
  28. 28.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a parrot by the blackboard, a guava by the classroom door, a pillow by the stairs, a radio by the teacher’s desk, a duck by the notice board. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) pillow (b) radio (c) guava (d) duck
  29. 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a watch by the slide, an urn by the swing, an ice cream by the fruit cart, a pillow by the banyan tree, a jug by the park gate. Where did you place the watch? (a) swing (b) banyan tree (c) fruit cart (d) slide
  30. 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a duck by the notice board, a van by the blackboard, a monkey by the stairs, an umpire by the classroom door, a glass by the teacher’s desk. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) van (b) duck (c) umpire (d) glass
  31. 31.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) one you never saw (b) a blank wall (c) a random new city (d) one you know very well
  32. 32.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) it looks nice (b) to keep the order (c) no reason (d) to make it longer
  33. 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a kite by the TV, a coconut by the sofa, a tiger by the door, a pencil by the dining table, an urn by the shoe rack. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) kite (b) urn (c) coconut (d) tiger
  34. 34.🏰 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
  35. 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place an orange by the teacher’s desk, a duck by the classroom door, a lamp by the notice board, a mango by the blackboard, a lemon by the stairs. What did you place by the teacher’s desk? (a) orange (b) lamp (c) duck (d) lemon
  36. 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a kite by the sofa, a lamp by the TV, a flute by the dining table, an urn by the door, a needle by the shoe rack. Where did you place the urn? (a) TV (b) shoe rack (c) sofa (d) door
  37. 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place an igloo by the TV, a monkey by the kitchen, a van by the shoe rack, an anchor by the sofa, a mirror by the dining table. Where did you place the anchor? (a) sofa (b) TV (c) shoe rack (d) kitchen
  38. 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a van by the post box, a rose by the banyan tree, a cat by the fruit cart, a bucket by the park gate, a jug by the bus stop. Where did you place the bucket? (a) banyan tree (b) park gate (c) bus stop (d) fruit cart
  39. 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a jug by the bus stop, a mango by the banyan tree, an anchor by the post box, a radio by the fruit cart, a needle by the park gate. What did you place by the post box? (a) mango (b) anchor (c) jug (d) needle
  40. 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place an owl by the playground, a tomato by the library, a banana by the teacher’s desk, an anchor by the classroom door, a glass by the blackboard. Where did you place the anchor? (a) playground (b) library (c) classroom door (d) blackboard

Answer key

  1. blackboard
  2. radio
  3. whistle
  4. add more stops
  5. step 3
  6. monkey
  7. radio
  8. step 2
  9. put pictures at stops
  10. bucket
  11. the method of loci
  12. step 4
  13. yes, with new pictures
  14. sock
  15. cat
  16. van
  17. fix stops in order
  18. needle
  19. step 1
  20. fix stops in order
  21. choose a place you know
  22. put pictures at stops
  23. choose a place you know
  24. goat
  25. jeep
  26. shoe rack
  27. TV
  28. duck
  29. slide
  30. duck
  31. one you know very well
  32. to keep the order
  33. coconut
  34. choose a place you know
  35. orange
  36. door
  37. sofa
  38. park gate
  39. anchor
  40. classroom door

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