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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Memory Palace

Memory techniques lesson 15: The memory palace · Set 457 · 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.🏰 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
  2. 2.🏰 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
  3. 3.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
  4. 4.🏰 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
  5. 5.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) skip 5 items (b) add more stops (c) use no route (d) put all at one stop
  6. 6.🏰 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
  7. 7.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
  8. 8.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) one you know very well (b) one you never saw (c) a random new city (d) a blank wall
  9. 9.🏰 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
  10. 10.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) chunking (b) the pomodoro (c) the method of loci (d) the rhyme method
  11. 11.🏰 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
  12. 12.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a needle by the kitchen, an umpire by the TV, an orange by the dining table, a cat by the shoe rack, a drum by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) orange (b) drum (c) umpire (d) cat
  13. 13.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a cat by the banyan tree, a lemon by the park gate, a jug by the fruit cart, a frog by the bus stop, a duck by the post box. What did you place by the bus stop? (a) jug (b) cat (c) frog (d) lemon
  14. 14.🏰 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
  15. 15.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a mango by the sofa, a jalebi by the shoe rack, a lamp by the door, a watch by the gate, a duck by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) mango (b) lamp (c) jalebi (d) watch
  16. 16.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a spoon by the blackboard, an igloo by the classroom door, an onion by the playground, a bucket by the teacher’s desk, a net by the library. What did you place by the blackboard? (a) igloo (b) net (c) spoon (d) bucket
  17. 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a drum by the kitchen, an anchor by the dining table, an apple by the bed, a jug by the sofa, a wallet by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) apple (b) wallet (c) drum (d) anchor
  18. 18.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a doll by the bed, a ball by the dining table, a tent by the kitchen, a monkey by the sofa, a lemon by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) monkey (b) doll (c) lemon (d) tent
  19. 19.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a frog by the kitchen, a ball by the TV, a whistle by the sofa, a jug by the bed, a drum by the dining table. Where did you place the jug? (a) sofa (b) kitchen (c) dining table (d) bed
  20. 20.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a jalebi by the bed, a guava by the TV, a parrot by the kitchen, a lemon by the sofa, a candle by the dining table. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) guava (b) jalebi (c) candle (d) lemon
  21. 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a jalebi by the playground, an umpire by the blackboard, a lamp by the library, a tent by the classroom door, an umbrella by the teacher’s desk. Where did you place the lamp? (a) library (b) blackboard (c) classroom door (d) teacher’s desk
  22. 22.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) no, never (b) only for numbers (c) yes, with new pictures (d) only once a year
  23. 23.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
  24. 24.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a duck by the swing, an ice cream by the park gate, a needle by the slide, a lemon by the bench, a jalebi by the fruit cart. What did you place by the bench? (a) duck (b) lemon (c) ice cream (d) needle
  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: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a rope by the banyan tree, a spoon by the swing, a wallet by the park gate, a tomato by the fruit cart, a kettle by the slide. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) spoon (b) rope (c) kettle (d) wallet
  27. 27.🏰 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
  28. 28.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place an umpire by the post box, a drum by the swing, an igloo by the fruit cart, a rose by the banyan tree, a lamp by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) drum (b) igloo (c) rose (d) lamp
  29. 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place an onion by the gate, a fan by the sofa, a guava by the TV, a lamp by the door, a key by the shoe rack. Where did you place the fan? (a) gate (b) sofa (c) TV (d) door
  30. 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a frog by the slide, an owl by the swing, a van by the fruit cart, a goat by the park gate, a key by the bench. Where did you place the key? (a) slide (b) bench (c) swing (d) fruit cart
  31. 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a fan by the TV, a watch by the dining table, a rose by the kitchen, a vase by the sofa, a goat by the bed. What did you place by the sofa? (a) rose (b) watch (c) fan (d) vase
  32. 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place an apple by the TV, an urn by the dining table, a mirror by the door, a tiger by the shoe rack, a jeep by the sofa. What did you place by the dining table? (a) urn (b) tiger (c) mirror (d) jeep
  33. 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a bucket by the shoe rack, a shoe by the door, a goat by the sofa, a violin by the TV, an urn by the dining table. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) bucket (b) violin (c) goat (d) shoe
  34. 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place an orange by the bench, a vase by the swing, a shoe by the fruit cart, a ball by the slide, an urn by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) orange (b) urn (c) ball (d) shoe
  35. 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a shoe by the bench, a sock by the fruit cart, a ladder by the park gate, an ice cream by the slide, a van by the swing. Where did you place the ladder? (a) bench (b) swing (c) fruit cart (d) park gate
  36. 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a wallet by the teacher’s desk, a radio by the stairs, an inkpot by the classroom door, an anchor by the library, a pencil by the blackboard. What did you place by the teacher’s desk? (a) pencil (b) anchor (c) radio (d) wallet
  37. 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place an apple by the fruit cart, a sock by the park gate, a lemon by the swing, a net by the slide, a tomato by the banyan tree. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) sock (b) lemon (c) tomato (d) apple
  38. 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a drum by the banyan tree, an apple by the park gate, a kettle by the fruit cart, a bucket by the swing, an ice cream by the post box. What did you place by the fruit cart? (a) drum (b) kettle (c) ice cream (d) apple
  39. 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a pillow by the shoe rack, an inkpot by the TV, a lemon by the gate, a van by the door, a net by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) inkpot (b) van (c) pillow (d) net
  40. 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a cat by the teacher’s desk, a tent by the notice board, a ladder by the classroom door, a coconut by the stairs, an anchor by the blackboard. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) anchor (b) tent (c) cat (d) ladder

Answer key

  1. fix stops in order
  2. choose a place you know
  3. step 1
  4. put pictures at stops
  5. add more stops
  6. step 4
  7. step 2
  8. one you know very well
  9. to keep the order
  10. the method of loci
  11. fix stops in order
  12. cat
  13. frog
  14. choose a place you know
  15. jalebi
  16. spoon
  17. anchor
  18. lemon
  19. bed
  20. guava
  21. library
  22. yes, with new pictures
  23. step 3
  24. lemon
  25. put pictures at stops
  26. wallet
  27. choose a place you know
  28. lamp
  29. sofa
  30. bench
  31. vase
  32. urn
  33. violin
  34. ball
  35. park gate
  36. wallet
  37. apple
  38. kettle
  39. pillow
  40. tent

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