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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Memory Palace

Memory techniques lesson 15: The memory palace · Set 472 · 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.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the method of loci (b) chunking (c) the pomodoro (d) the rhyme method
  2. 2.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place an ice cream by the TV, a frog by the sofa, a spoon by the dining table, a duck by the shoe rack, a vase by the kitchen. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) vase (b) frog (c) spoon (d) duck
  3. 3.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a lemon by the post box, a needle by the park gate, an onion by the fruit cart, a coconut by the bus stop, a pencil by the banyan tree. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) onion (b) pencil (c) lemon (d) needle
  4. 4.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place an igloo by the door, a violin by the shoe rack, a whistle by the gate, a kettle by the TV, a doll by the sofa. Where did you place the whistle? (a) TV (b) door (c) gate (d) sofa
  5. 5.🏰 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
  6. 6.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
  7. 7.🏰 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
  8. 8.🏰 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
  9. 9.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
  10. 10.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) skip 5 items (b) put all at one stop (c) add more stops (d) use no route
  11. 11.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
  12. 12.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) one you never saw (b) one you know very well (c) a random new city (d) a blank wall
  13. 13.🏰 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
  14. 14.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a ladder by the TV, a drum by the sofa, a goat by the dining table, a ball by the shoe rack, a mirror by the door. What did you place by the dining table? (a) mirror (b) goat (c) ladder (d) ball
  15. 15.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a net by the swing, a bucket by the fruit cart, a violin by the banyan tree, an inkpot by the post box, a jalebi by the park gate. Where did you place the net? (a) fruit cart (b) post box (c) swing (d) banyan tree
  16. 16.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) to make it longer (b) no reason (c) it looks nice (d) to keep the order
  17. 17.🏰 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
  18. 18.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a jalebi by the swing, a lemon by the park gate, an owl by the slide, a flute by the bench, a jeep by the fruit cart. Where did you place the jeep? (a) park gate (b) slide (c) fruit cart (d) bench
  19. 19.🏰 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
  20. 20.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a drum by the sofa, a guava by the gate, an ice cream by the TV, an urn by the door, an onion by the shoe rack. What did you place by the sofa? (a) ice cream (b) urn (c) drum (d) guava
  21. 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a glass by the park gate, a monkey by the post box, an umbrella by the banyan tree, an inkpot by the bus stop, an ant by the fruit cart. What did you place by the park gate? (a) inkpot (b) glass (c) ant (d) monkey
  22. 22.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a drum by the banyan tree, an anchor by the park gate, a vase by the post box, a frog by the bus stop, a cat by the fruit cart. Where did you place the frog? (a) fruit cart (b) bus stop (c) park gate (d) post box
  23. 23.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a flute by the teacher’s desk, an umbrella by the blackboard, a jug by the classroom door, a vase by the library, a pencil by the playground. What did you place by the classroom door? (a) pencil (b) jug (c) flute (d) vase
  24. 24.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a ball by the dining table, a drum by the kitchen, a candle by the sofa, an inkpot by the TV, a bucket by the bed. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) ball (b) candle (c) inkpot (d) bucket
  25. 25.🏰 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
  26. 26.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a ladder by the shoe rack, a tomato by the sofa, a candle by the TV, an umpire by the dining table, an anchor by the kitchen. What did you place by the shoe rack? (a) anchor (b) ladder (c) umpire (d) tomato
  27. 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a coconut by the classroom door, an anchor by the teacher’s desk, a drum by the blackboard, a whistle by the library, a cat by the stairs. What did you place by the stairs? (a) cat (b) whistle (c) anchor (d) coconut
  28. 28.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a watch by the teacher’s desk, a vase by the blackboard, a fan by the classroom door, an inkpot by the notice board, a frog by the stairs. What did you place by the classroom door? (a) inkpot (b) fan (c) watch (d) frog
  29. 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a van by the TV, a lamp by the shoe rack, a ladder by the door, a lemon by the sofa, a parrot by the dining table. Where did you place the ladder? (a) sofa (b) dining table (c) door (d) shoe rack
  30. 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place an umpire by the blackboard, a doll by the stairs, a banana by the classroom door, an ant by the teacher’s desk, an apple by the library. Where did you place the doll? (a) teacher’s desk (b) classroom door (c) library (d) stairs
  31. 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place an igloo by the TV, a key by the door, a tomato by the shoe rack, a candle by the dining table, a radio by the sofa. What did you place by the door? (a) key (b) candle (c) tomato (d) igloo
  32. 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a tiger by the fruit cart, a shoe by the swing, a duck by the bench, a drum by the park gate, a spoon by the slide. What did you place by the swing? (a) spoon (b) tiger (c) duck (d) shoe
  33. 33.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
  34. 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a tomato by the teacher’s desk, a mango by the notice board, a lemon by the blackboard, a flute by the stairs, a spoon by the classroom door. What did you place by the notice board? (a) tomato (b) flute (c) mango (d) lemon
  35. 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a glass by the shoe rack, a ladder by the sofa, an umpire by the kitchen, an inkpot by the TV, an urn by the dining table. Where did you place the ladder? (a) shoe rack (b) kitchen (c) sofa (d) TV
  36. 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a jalebi by the swing, a kettle by the slide, an igloo by the fruit cart, a key by the banyan tree, a bucket by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) igloo (b) bucket (c) key (d) kettle
  37. 37.🏰 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
  38. 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a net by the TV, a nest by the dining table, a spoon by the sofa, a watch by the bed, an orange by the kitchen. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) watch (b) orange (c) spoon (d) net
  39. 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a ladder by the shoe rack, a whistle by the sofa, a pencil by the TV, an umbrella by the door, a drum by the gate. Where did you place the umbrella? (a) door (b) TV (c) gate (d) shoe rack
  40. 40.🏰 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

Answer key

  1. the method of loci
  2. vase
  3. pencil
  4. gate
  5. fix stops in order
  6. step 3
  7. put pictures at stops
  8. fix stops in order
  9. step 1
  10. add more stops
  11. step 2
  12. one you know very well
  13. fix stops in order
  14. goat
  15. swing
  16. to keep the order
  17. yes, with new pictures
  18. fruit cart
  19. choose a place you know
  20. drum
  21. glass
  22. bus stop
  23. jug
  24. bucket
  25. choose a place you know
  26. ladder
  27. cat
  28. fan
  29. door
  30. stairs
  31. key
  32. shoe
  33. step 4
  34. mango
  35. sofa
  36. igloo
  37. fix stops in order
  38. spoon
  39. door
  40. put pictures at stops

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