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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Memory Palace

Memory techniques lesson 15: The memory palace · Set 312 · 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.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) skip 5 items (b) put all at one stop (c) add more stops (d) use no route
  2. 2.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a doll by the banyan tree, a lemon by the park gate, a cat by the slide, an anchor by the fruit cart, a watch by the swing. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) watch (b) lemon (c) doll (d) cat
  3. 3.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
  4. 4.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a watch by the kitchen, a ladder by the sofa, a goat by the shoe rack, a kite by the dining table, a coconut by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) ladder (b) kite (c) watch (d) coconut
  5. 5.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a parrot by the dining table, an igloo by the shoe rack, a goat by the kitchen, a ball by the sofa, a pencil by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) igloo (b) pencil (c) parrot (d) goat
  6. 6.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a doll by the stairs, a net by the teacher’s desk, a rose by the library, an owl by the blackboard, a frog by the classroom door. What did you place by the stairs? (a) owl (b) frog (c) rose (d) doll
  7. 7.🏰 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
  8. 8.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a watch by the dining table, an inkpot by the shoe rack, an umbrella by the TV, a lamp by the kitchen, a lemon by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) inkpot (b) umbrella (c) watch (d) lamp
  9. 9.🏰 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
  10. 10.🏰 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
  11. 11.🏰 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
  12. 12.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place an urn by the slide, a duck by the banyan tree, a frog by the park gate, a tomato by the swing, an umbrella by the fruit cart. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) umbrella (b) urn (c) duck (d) tomato
  13. 13.🏰 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
  14. 14.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) only once a year (b) no, never (c) yes, with new pictures (d) only for numbers
  15. 15.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the rhyme method (b) chunking (c) the pomodoro (d) the method of loci
  16. 16.🏰 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
  17. 17.🏰 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
  18. 18.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a ball by the post box, an umbrella by the banyan tree, a parrot by the park gate, a sock by the fruit cart, a flute by the bus stop. What did you place by the bus stop? (a) sock (b) flute (c) parrot (d) ball
  19. 19.🏰 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
  20. 20.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a candle by the TV, a fan by the door, a radio by the shoe rack, an ant by the gate, a van by the sofa. Where did you place the ant? (a) TV (b) gate (c) door (d) sofa
  21. 21.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
  22. 22.🏰 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
  23. 23.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a frog by the blackboard, a ball by the classroom door, a needle by the stairs, a violin by the library, an anchor by the teacher’s desk. What did you place by the teacher’s desk? (a) needle (b) violin (c) anchor (d) frog
  24. 24.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place an umbrella by the dining table, a rope by the kitchen, an apple by the sofa, a guava by the TV, a candle by the bed. Where did you place the rope? (a) sofa (b) TV (c) kitchen (d) bed
  25. 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a violin by the classroom door, a frog by the notice board, a guava by the school gate, an umbrella by the teacher’s desk, a duck by the stairs. What did you place by the notice board? (a) umbrella (b) frog (c) violin (d) guava
  26. 26.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a radio by the TV, a ball by the bed, a spoon by the kitchen, a goat by the dining table, a nest by the sofa. What did you place by the TV? (a) nest (b) ball (c) radio (d) goat
  27. 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a mirror by the bench, a candle by the swing, a van by the park gate, a net by the slide, a tomato by the fruit cart. What did you place by the park gate? (a) van (b) mirror (c) candle (d) net
  28. 28.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a radio by the park gate, a parrot by the swing, a glass by the fruit cart, a drum by the bench, a goat by the slide. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) glass (b) goat (c) parrot (d) drum
  29. 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a whistle by the stairs, a frog by the teacher’s desk, a rope by the classroom door, an igloo by the school gate, a mango by the notice board. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) mango (b) whistle (c) rope (d) frog
  30. 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a vase by the TV, a duck by the dining table, a kettle by the bed, an ice cream by the sofa, a key by the kitchen. Where did you place the key? (a) sofa (b) kitchen (c) dining table (d) TV
  31. 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a watch by the banyan tree, a tomato by the swing, an umbrella by the post box, a bucket by the park gate, a ball by the fruit cart. Where did you place the watch? (a) fruit cart (b) swing (c) banyan tree (d) park gate
  32. 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a ball by the park gate, a whistle by the fruit cart, a wallet by the swing, a monkey by the slide, a rose by the banyan tree. Where did you place the whistle? (a) banyan tree (b) swing (c) fruit cart (d) slide
  33. 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a candle by the fruit cart, a radio by the banyan tree, an igloo by the bus stop, a flute by the post box, a needle by the park gate. What did you place by the park gate? (a) needle (b) candle (c) radio (d) igloo
  34. 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a glass by the notice board, a jalebi by the blackboard, a duck by the teacher’s desk, a tiger by the stairs, an ant by the classroom door. What did you place by the stairs? (a) tiger (b) glass (c) ant (d) jalebi
  35. 35.🏰 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
  36. 36.🏰 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
  37. 37.🏰 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
  38. 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a banana by the sofa, a bucket by the shoe rack, a lamp by the TV, a ladder by the dining table, a whistle by the door. What did you place by the door? (a) bucket (b) whistle (c) banana (d) lamp
  39. 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a pillow by the TV, an ant by the bed, a flute by the kitchen, a jeep by the sofa, a watch by the dining table. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) watch (b) pillow (c) jeep (d) ant
  40. 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a rope by the blackboard, a needle by the playground, a coconut by the library, a frog by the classroom door, a jug by the teacher’s desk. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) frog (b) jug (c) needle (d) coconut

Answer key

  1. add more stops
  2. watch
  3. step 3
  4. coconut
  5. pencil
  6. doll
  7. choose a place you know
  8. inkpot
  9. choose a place you know
  10. put pictures at stops
  11. fix stops in order
  12. duck
  13. choose a place you know
  14. yes, with new pictures
  15. the method of loci
  16. choose a place you know
  17. to keep the order
  18. flute
  19. put pictures at stops
  20. gate
  21. step 2
  22. step 4
  23. anchor
  24. kitchen
  25. frog
  26. radio
  27. van
  28. parrot
  29. mango
  30. kitchen
  31. banyan tree
  32. fruit cart
  33. needle
  34. tiger
  35. fix stops in order
  36. one you know very well
  37. fix stops in order
  38. whistle
  39. watch
  40. needle

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