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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Memory Palace

Memory techniques lesson 15: The memory palace · Set 434 · 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.🏰 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
  2. 2.🏰 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
  3. 3.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a tiger by the bed, a duck by the kitchen, a wallet by the TV, a pillow by the dining table, a radio by the sofa. What did you place by the kitchen? (a) radio (b) duck (c) tiger (d) wallet
  4. 4.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the method of loci (b) chunking (c) the pomodoro (d) the rhyme method
  5. 5.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
  6. 6.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a frog by the school gate, a watch by the stairs, an anchor by the teacher’s desk, a rose by the notice board, a lamp by the classroom door. What did you place by the stairs? (a) rose (b) lamp (c) watch (d) frog
  7. 7.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a flute by the bus stop, an ant by the fruit cart, an inkpot by the banyan tree, a kite by the park gate, an owl by the post box. Where did you place the owl? (a) park gate (b) banyan tree (c) bus stop (d) post box
  8. 8.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a sock by the shoe rack, an apple by the door, an orange by the sofa, a bucket by the gate, an inkpot by the TV. What did you place by the shoe rack? (a) inkpot (b) bucket (c) sock (d) apple
  9. 9.🏰 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
  10. 10.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place an ant by the playground, an owl by the teacher’s desk, a nest by the library, an igloo by the classroom door, an onion by the blackboard. What did you place by the playground? (a) nest (b) igloo (c) ant (d) onion
  11. 11.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a doll by the fruit cart, a mango by the post box, a radio by the park gate, an apple by the banyan tree, an orange by the bus stop. What did you place by the banyan tree? (a) apple (b) radio (c) doll (d) orange
  12. 12.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
  13. 13.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or walk the route to recall? (a) choose a place you know (b) walk the route to recall
  14. 14.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place an onion by the banyan tree, an ice cream by the park gate, a needle by the fruit cart, a jug by the swing, a sock by the post box. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) needle (b) ice cream (c) sock (d) jug
  15. 15.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
  16. 16.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a doll by the fruit cart, a parrot by the park gate, a frog by the post box, a whistle by the banyan tree, a sock by the bus stop. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) whistle (b) parrot (c) sock (d) doll
  17. 17.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or choose a place you know? (a) put pictures at stops (b) choose a place you know
  18. 18.🏰 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
  19. 19.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) yes, with new pictures (b) only for numbers (c) no, never (d) only once a year
  20. 20.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a watch by the teacher’s desk, a rose by the blackboard, a candle by the library, an owl by the stairs, a sock by the classroom door. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) watch (b) rose (c) candle (d) owl
  21. 21.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
  22. 22.🏰 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
  23. 23.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place an apple by the sofa, a wallet by the dining table, a flute by the TV, a monkey by the door, a net by the shoe rack. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) flute (b) wallet (c) monkey (d) apple
  24. 24.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a fan by the swing, a lamp by the park gate, a van by the slide, a radio by the fruit cart, a candle by the banyan tree. Where did you place the radio? (a) park gate (b) swing (c) banyan tree (d) fruit cart
  25. 25.🏰 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
  26. 26.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a mango by the park gate, a glass by the bus stop, a rope by the fruit cart, a mirror by the banyan tree, a doll by the post box. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) mango (b) glass (c) rope (d) doll
  27. 27.🏰 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
  28. 28.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a lemon by the notice board, an anchor by the classroom door, an igloo by the school gate, a van by the stairs, a sock by the teacher’s desk. What did you place by the notice board? (a) igloo (b) anchor (c) van (d) lemon
  29. 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a fan by the dining table, an igloo by the kitchen, an inkpot by the sofa, a flute by the shoe rack, a ladder by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) igloo (b) ladder (c) flute (d) fan
  30. 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a lemon by the bed, a goat by the sofa, a candle by the TV, a violin by the dining table, a ladder by the kitchen. What did you place by the sofa? (a) lemon (b) goat (c) candle (d) violin
  31. 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a goat by the park gate, a nest by the banyan tree, an inkpot by the post box, a pillow by the fruit cart, a drum by the swing. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) nest (b) drum (c) inkpot (d) pillow
  32. 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place an apple by the kitchen, a glass by the shoe rack, a needle by the dining table, a banana by the sofa, an onion by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) onion (b) needle (c) apple (d) glass
  33. 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a kite by the teacher’s desk, an ant by the blackboard, a needle by the stairs, a ball by the classroom door, a flute by the notice board. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) needle (b) ball (c) flute (d) kite
  34. 34.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a blank wall (b) one you know very well (c) one you never saw (d) a random new city
  35. 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a vase by the TV, a sock by the shoe rack, a duck by the kitchen, a mango by the sofa, a frog by the dining table. Where did you place the sock? (a) shoe rack (b) dining table (c) kitchen (d) sofa
  36. 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place an apple by the teacher’s desk, a mango by the playground, a lemon by the library, a drum by the classroom door, an owl by the blackboard. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) drum (b) lemon (c) apple (d) owl
  37. 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a pencil by the park gate, an ant by the swing, a fan by the bench, an onion by the fruit cart, an apple by the slide. Where did you place the onion? (a) park gate (b) bench (c) slide (d) fruit cart
  38. 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place an umpire by the shoe rack, an ice cream by the door, a spoon by the dining table, an owl by the sofa, a ball by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) spoon (b) umpire (c) ice cream (d) owl
  39. 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place an ice cream by the notice board, a monkey by the blackboard, an anchor by the teacher’s desk, a mango by the stairs, an urn by the classroom door. Where did you place the ice cream? (a) stairs (b) notice board (c) classroom door (d) teacher’s desk
  40. 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a coconut by the TV, a pillow by the gate, a tomato by the door, a sock by the sofa, a bucket by the shoe rack. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) pillow (b) sock (c) tomato (d) bucket

Answer key

  1. to keep the order
  2. put pictures at stops
  3. duck
  4. the method of loci
  5. step 3
  6. watch
  7. post box
  8. sock
  9. fix stops in order
  10. ant
  11. apple
  12. step 4
  13. choose a place you know
  14. sock
  15. step 1
  16. parrot
  17. choose a place you know
  18. choose a place you know
  19. yes, with new pictures
  20. candle
  21. step 2
  22. add more stops
  23. flute
  24. fruit cart
  25. put pictures at stops
  26. doll
  27. fix stops in order
  28. lemon
  29. fan
  30. goat
  31. drum
  32. apple
  33. ball
  34. one you know very well
  35. shoe rack
  36. apple
  37. fruit cart
  38. owl
  39. notice board
  40. sock

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