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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Memory Palace

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

Answer key

  1. shoe rack
  2. yes, with new pictures
  3. to keep the order
  4. shoe rack
  5. fix stops in order
  6. frog
  7. add more stops
  8. step 4
  9. step 1
  10. put pictures at stops
  11. coconut
  12. put pictures at stops
  13. dining table
  14. fix stops in order
  15. net
  16. key
  17. fix stops in order
  18. step 3
  19. ant
  20. anchor
  21. ladder
  22. fix stops in order
  23. blackboard
  24. guava
  25. swing
  26. one you know very well
  27. door
  28. banyan tree
  29. step 2
  30. needle
  31. teacher’s desk
  32. choose a place you know
  33. blackboard
  34. monkey
  35. classroom door
  36. banyan tree
  37. coconut
  38. net
  39. the method of loci
  40. doll

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