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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Memory Palace

Memory techniques lesson 15: The memory palace · Set 365 · 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 doll by the TV, an owl by the shoe rack, a rose by the sofa, a guava by the dining table, a candle by the door. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) candle (b) rose (c) doll (d) owl
  2. 2.🏰 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
  3. 3.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a van by the classroom door, a glass by the blackboard, a guava by the playground, a parrot by the teacher’s desk, a pencil by the library. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) guava (b) parrot (c) pencil (d) glass
  4. 4.🏰 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 post box, a pencil by the fruit cart, an urn by the park gate, a jug by the bus stop, a coconut by the banyan tree. Where did you place the pencil? (a) banyan tree (b) bus stop (c) fruit cart (d) post box
  5. 5.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
  6. 6.🏰 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, an orange by the bench, a violin by the swing, a parrot by the slide, a guava by the fruit cart. Where did you place the orange? (a) park gate (b) swing (c) bench (d) slide
  7. 7.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the pomodoro (b) the rhyme method (c) chunking (d) the method of loci
  8. 8.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a pillow by the TV, a rose by the sofa, a tent by the kitchen, a tomato by the dining table, a shoe by the shoe rack. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) tomato (b) rose (c) tent (d) shoe
  9. 9.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
  10. 10.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
  11. 11.🏰 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
  12. 12.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place an umpire by the stairs, a mirror by the teacher’s desk, a ladder by the school gate, an orange by the classroom door, a key by the notice board. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) key (b) orange (c) mirror (d) umpire
  13. 13.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a rope by the slide, a cat by the swing, a spoon by the banyan tree, a coconut by the fruit cart, a monkey by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) monkey (b) rope (c) coconut (d) spoon
  14. 14.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) no reason (b) to keep the order (c) it looks nice (d) to make it longer
  15. 15.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a parrot by the bed, an urn by the TV, a whistle by the dining table, an igloo by the sofa, a guava by the kitchen. What did you place by the dining table? (a) guava (b) parrot (c) whistle (d) igloo
  16. 16.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a candle by the kitchen, a goat by the dining table, an onion by the TV, a fan by the shoe rack, a shoe by the sofa. Where did you place the shoe? (a) shoe rack (b) sofa (c) TV (d) dining table
  17. 17.🏰 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 park gate, a jalebi by the banyan tree, a candle by the fruit cart, a bucket by the bus stop, a duck by the post box. Where did you place the bucket? (a) fruit cart (b) banyan tree (c) bus stop (d) post box
  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 net by the post box, a tent by the bus stop, a ball by the banyan tree, a kettle by the fruit cart, an igloo by the park gate. What did you place by the post box? (a) tent (b) ball (c) kettle (d) net
  19. 19.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a random new city (b) one you know very well (c) one you never saw (d) a blank wall
  20. 20.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place an apple by the banyan tree, a tomato by the swing, a flute by the fruit cart, a wallet by the park gate, a doll by the slide. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) flute (b) tomato (c) apple (d) wallet
  21. 21.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
  22. 22.🏰 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
  23. 23.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a violin by the notice board, a rose by the school gate, a duck by the teacher’s desk, a bucket by the classroom door, a ball by the stairs. What did you place by the classroom door? (a) bucket (b) rose (c) ball (d) violin
  24. 24.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) no, never (b) only for numbers (c) only once a year (d) yes, with new pictures
  25. 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a fan by the sofa, a radio by the shoe rack, an ant by the door, a watch by the gate, a ladder by the TV. Where did you place the fan? (a) gate (b) door (c) sofa (d) TV
  26. 26.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) use no route (b) skip 5 items (c) put all at one stop (d) add more stops
  27. 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place an anchor by the shoe rack, a kite by the gate, a jeep by the door, a glass by the TV, a spoon by the sofa. What did you place by the door? (a) spoon (b) glass (c) kite (d) jeep
  28. 28.🏰 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
  29. 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a jeep by the park gate, a whistle by the bench, a rose by the slide, a pencil by the swing, a sock by the fruit cart. Where did you place the jeep? (a) fruit cart (b) swing (c) park gate (d) slide
  30. 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a kettle by the blackboard, a needle by the notice board, a key by the teacher’s desk, a doll by the classroom door, an igloo by the stairs. Where did you place the igloo? (a) teacher’s desk (b) notice board (c) stairs (d) blackboard
  31. 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a drum by the door, an onion by the shoe rack, a ladder by the gate, a jeep by the sofa, a tiger by the TV. What did you place by the gate? (a) ladder (b) onion (c) drum (d) jeep
  32. 32.🏰 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
  33. 33.🏰 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
  34. 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a flute by the classroom door, a lamp by the blackboard, a shoe by the playground, an ant by the library, a fan by the teacher’s desk. Where did you place the ant? (a) blackboard (b) classroom door (c) library (d) playground
  35. 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a duck by the swing, an anchor by the slide, a guava by the banyan tree, a coconut by the fruit cart, a spoon by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) duck (b) guava (c) coconut (d) spoon
  36. 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a goat by the stairs, a flute by the library, an anchor by the blackboard, a lamp by the teacher’s desk, a bucket by the classroom door. Where did you place the goat? (a) stairs (b) blackboard (c) library (d) classroom door
  37. 37.🏰 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
  38. 38.🏰 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
  39. 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place an owl by the banyan tree, a kite by the bus stop, an ice cream by the post box, a flute by the fruit cart, a cat by the park gate. What did you place by the fruit cart? (a) ice cream (b) kite (c) flute (d) owl
  40. 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a needle by the bus stop, a mango by the fruit cart, a shoe by the post box, a tiger by the park gate, a net by the banyan tree. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) needle (b) net (c) tiger (d) mango

Answer key

  1. doll
  2. put pictures at stops
  3. pencil
  4. fruit cart
  5. step 2
  6. bench
  7. the method of loci
  8. tomato
  9. step 1
  10. step 4
  11. put pictures at stops
  12. key
  13. spoon
  14. to keep the order
  15. whistle
  16. sofa
  17. bus stop
  18. net
  19. one you know very well
  20. apple
  21. step 3
  22. choose a place you know
  23. bucket
  24. yes, with new pictures
  25. sofa
  26. add more stops
  27. jeep
  28. choose a place you know
  29. park gate
  30. stairs
  31. ladder
  32. fix stops in order
  33. fix stops in order
  34. library
  35. coconut
  36. stairs
  37. fix stops in order
  38. choose a place you know
  39. flute
  40. mango

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