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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Memory Palace

Memory techniques lesson 15: The memory palace · Set 454 · 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) it looks nice (b) to make it longer (c) no reason (d) to keep the order
  2. 2.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a random new city (b) one you never saw (c) a blank wall (d) one you know very well
  3. 3.🏰 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
  4. 4.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
  5. 5.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place an inkpot by the park gate, a mirror by the bus stop, a rope by the fruit cart, an anchor by the post box, a flute by the banyan tree. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) flute (b) mirror (c) anchor (d) rope
  6. 6.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a net by the TV, a violin by the sofa, a vase by the door, an inkpot by the gate, an urn by the shoe rack. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) vase (b) urn (c) inkpot (d) violin
  7. 7.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place an umbrella by the notice board, a doll by the teacher’s desk, a fan by the classroom door, a banana by the school gate, a jalebi by the stairs. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) doll (b) banana (c) jalebi (d) fan
  8. 8.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
  9. 9.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a banana by the dining table, a ball by the sofa, a key by the bed, a watch by the kitchen, a doll by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) doll (b) watch (c) banana (d) key
  10. 10.🏰 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
  11. 11.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a wallet by the blackboard, a whistle by the classroom door, a glass by the stairs, a jug by the library, a rose by the teacher’s desk. Where did you place the whistle? (a) stairs (b) classroom door (c) library (d) teacher’s desk
  12. 12.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a banana by the kitchen, a van by the sofa, a candle by the dining table, a coconut by the TV, a tent by the shoe rack. Where did you place the candle? (a) shoe rack (b) TV (c) kitchen (d) dining table
  13. 13.🏰 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
  14. 14.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place an ice cream by the bench, an orange by the park gate, a lamp by the fruit cart, an owl by the swing, a coconut by the slide. What did you place by the swing? (a) owl (b) lamp (c) ice cream (d) orange
  15. 15.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a tent by the slide, an umpire by the fruit cart, a lemon by the swing, a jalebi by the park gate, a key by the bench. What did you place by the swing? (a) jalebi (b) lemon (c) umpire (d) tent
  16. 16.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a drum by the stairs, a kettle by the teacher’s desk, a kite by the notice board, a spoon by the classroom door, a mirror by the blackboard. What did you place by the classroom door? (a) drum (b) spoon (c) mirror (d) kettle
  17. 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a wallet by the door, a jalebi by the TV, an ant by the gate, an ice cream by the sofa, an anchor by the shoe rack. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) ant (b) jalebi (c) wallet (d) ice cream
  18. 18.🏰 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
  19. 19.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a key by the dining table, a tent by the TV, a glass by the door, a lemon by the shoe rack, an ant by the sofa. Where did you place the lemon? (a) sofa (b) TV (c) shoe rack (d) door
  20. 20.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) add more stops (b) skip 5 items (c) use no route (d) put all at one stop
  21. 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a pillow by the teacher’s desk, a jug by the stairs, a glass by the notice board, a tomato by the classroom door, a watch by the school gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) tomato (b) pillow (c) glass (d) jug
  22. 22.🏰 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
  23. 23.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a tent by the classroom door, a rope by the teacher’s desk, an umbrella by the library, a shoe by the blackboard, a key by the stairs. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) shoe (b) key (c) umbrella (d) rope
  24. 24.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a van by the TV, an onion by the shoe rack, a cat by the kitchen, a tomato by the sofa, a rose by the dining table. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) rose (b) van (c) cat (d) tomato
  25. 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a nest by the blackboard, a goat by the library, a sock by the stairs, a jeep by the teacher’s desk, an umbrella by the classroom door. What did you place by the stairs? (a) jeep (b) sock (c) nest (d) goat
  26. 26.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the pomodoro (b) the rhyme method (c) the method of loci (d) chunking
  27. 27.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
  28. 28.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a guava by the dining table, an onion by the bed, a watch by the TV, a tiger by the sofa, a jug by the kitchen. Where did you place the jug? (a) bed (b) sofa (c) kitchen (d) TV
  29. 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a frog by the shoe rack, an owl by the TV, a tiger by the sofa, a parrot by the gate, a spoon by the door. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) parrot (b) owl (c) spoon (d) tiger
  30. 30.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) yes, with new pictures (b) only once a year (c) only for numbers (d) no, never
  31. 31.🏰 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
  32. 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a banana by the kitchen, a wallet by the shoe rack, a guava by the dining table, a watch by the sofa, a kite by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) kite (b) watch (c) banana (d) guava
  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 walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place an inkpot by the fruit cart, an onion by the post box, a lamp by the swing, a bucket by the park gate, a frog by the banyan tree. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) lamp (b) onion (c) bucket (d) inkpot
  35. 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place an apple by the swing, a banana by the fruit cart, a duck by the slide, a ladder by the park gate, a drum by the bench. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) drum (b) banana (c) apple (d) ladder
  36. 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a jeep by the dining table, an anchor by the TV, a duck by the shoe rack, a kettle by the sofa, a drum by the door. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) kettle (b) jeep (c) duck (d) drum
  37. 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place an orange by the park gate, an ant by the bus stop, a key by the fruit cart, a goat by the banyan tree, a tiger by the post box. What did you place by the fruit cart? (a) ant (b) tiger (c) key (d) goat
  38. 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a ladder by the classroom door, a radio by the blackboard, an onion by the stairs, a goat by the library, a guava by the teacher’s desk. What did you place by the stairs? (a) radio (b) onion (c) ladder (d) guava
  39. 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a rose by the banyan tree, a drum by the slide, a tomato by the fruit cart, a spoon by the swing, a bucket by the park gate. Where did you place the spoon? (a) swing (b) fruit cart (c) banyan tree (d) park gate
  40. 40.🏰 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

Answer key

  1. to keep the order
  2. one you know very well
  3. put pictures at stops
  4. step 4
  5. anchor
  6. urn
  7. banana
  8. step 1
  9. key
  10. fix stops in order
  11. classroom door
  12. dining table
  13. put pictures at stops
  14. owl
  15. lemon
  16. spoon
  17. ant
  18. choose a place you know
  19. shoe rack
  20. add more stops
  21. pillow
  22. fix stops in order
  23. shoe
  24. tomato
  25. sock
  26. the method of loci
  27. step 2
  28. kitchen
  29. owl
  30. yes, with new pictures
  31. choose a place you know
  32. watch
  33. fix stops in order
  34. inkpot
  35. ladder
  36. drum
  37. key
  38. onion
  39. swing
  40. choose a place you know

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