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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Memory Palace

Memory techniques lesson 15: The memory palace · Set 499 · 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 walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a needle by the park gate, a parrot by the banyan tree, an urn by the swing, a jalebi by the fruit cart, a tomato by the slide. Where did you place the urn? (a) park gate (b) banyan tree (c) fruit cart (d) swing
  2. 2.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) add more stops (b) put all at one stop (c) skip 5 items (d) use no route
  3. 3.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place an ant by the swing, a rose by the fruit cart, an umbrella by the bench, a mirror by the slide, an urn by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) umbrella (b) urn (c) ant (d) mirror
  4. 4.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
  5. 5.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) no, never (b) yes, with new pictures (c) only once a year (d) only for numbers
  6. 6.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
  7. 7.🏰 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
  8. 8.🏰 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
  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: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a glass by the classroom door, a lemon by the notice board, an umpire by the teacher’s desk, a flute by the stairs, a ball by the blackboard. What did you place by the classroom door? (a) glass (b) flute (c) ball (d) lemon
  11. 11.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a frog by the stairs, a wallet by the teacher’s desk, a lemon by the notice board, a jug by the classroom door, a sock by the school gate. What did you place by the notice board? (a) jug (b) lemon (c) wallet (d) frog
  12. 12.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place an onion by the swing, a kite by the slide, a doll by the bench, a ladder by the park gate, a lemon by the fruit cart. Where did you place the ladder? (a) swing (b) fruit cart (c) bench (d) park gate
  13. 13.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) one you know very well (b) a blank wall (c) one you never saw (d) a random new city
  14. 14.🏰 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
  15. 15.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a kettle by the TV, a jug by the shoe rack, a key by the dining table, an inkpot by the sofa, a watch by the door. What did you place by the dining table? (a) kettle (b) inkpot (c) key (d) watch
  16. 16.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place an umbrella by the TV, a watch by the sofa, a vase by the dining table, a doll by the shoe rack, an onion by the door. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) vase (b) umbrella (c) onion (d) doll
  17. 17.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
  18. 18.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a needle by the banyan tree, a glass by the post box, a jeep by the swing, a kite by the park gate, a goat by the fruit cart. Where did you place the kite? (a) swing (b) post box (c) park gate (d) fruit cart
  19. 19.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a spoon by the swing, a duck by the bench, a watch by the slide, a tent by the park gate, a shoe by the fruit cart. Where did you place the spoon? (a) fruit cart (b) park gate (c) swing (d) slide
  20. 20.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a monkey by the park gate, a sock by the banyan tree, a drum by the swing, a rose by the slide, a banana by the fruit cart. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) drum (b) monkey (c) sock (d) rose
  21. 21.🏰 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
  22. 22.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a guava by the TV, a bucket by the sofa, a jalebi by the shoe rack, an inkpot by the door, a drum by the gate. What did you place by the door? (a) guava (b) bucket (c) inkpot (d) drum
  23. 23.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a glass by the TV, an umbrella by the shoe rack, a cat by the gate, a tomato by the sofa, a monkey by the door. What did you place by the sofa? (a) umbrella (b) tomato (c) glass (d) cat
  24. 24.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a key by the fruit cart, an urn by the park gate, a fan by the banyan tree, a wallet by the post box, an umbrella by the swing. What did you place by the swing? (a) key (b) wallet (c) fan (d) umbrella
  25. 25.🏰 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
  26. 26.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a whistle by the TV, a nest by the door, a kettle by the shoe rack, a pencil by the dining table, a lamp by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) pencil (b) whistle (c) nest (d) kettle
  27. 27.🏰 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
  28. 28.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a jeep by the dining table, a rose by the sofa, an onion by the TV, a ball by the shoe rack, a radio by the door. What did you place by the shoe rack? (a) jeep (b) rose (c) ball (d) radio
  29. 29.🏰 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
  30. 30.🏰 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
  31. 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a cat by the classroom door, a banana by the library, a parrot by the blackboard, a frog by the teacher’s desk, a radio by the stairs. Where did you place the banana? (a) teacher’s desk (b) blackboard (c) stairs (d) library
  32. 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place an orange by the playground, a tomato by the classroom door, an ant by the teacher’s desk, a tent by the blackboard, a parrot by the library. What did you place by the playground? (a) tent (b) parrot (c) orange (d) tomato
  33. 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a net by the kitchen, a tomato by the sofa, a jalebi by the TV, a pillow by the dining table, a banana by the bed. Where did you place the pillow? (a) kitchen (b) bed (c) dining table (d) sofa
  34. 34.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the pomodoro (b) chunking (c) the method of loci (d) the rhyme method
  35. 35.🏰 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
  36. 36.🏰 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 banyan tree, a shoe by the post box, a spoon by the park gate, a guava by the fruit cart, an igloo by the bus stop. Where did you place the shoe? (a) park gate (b) fruit cart (c) banyan tree (d) post box
  37. 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place an urn by the slide, a fan by the bench, a rose by the swing, an owl by the fruit cart, a violin by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) violin (b) urn (c) fan (d) rose
  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 swing, a tent by the post box, a needle by the banyan tree, a candle by the park gate, a jeep by the fruit cart. What did you place by the swing? (a) needle (b) jeep (c) candle (d) drum
  39. 39.🏰 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
  40. 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a doll by the sofa, a key by the gate, a drum by the door, a mango by the shoe rack, an owl by the TV. Where did you place the owl? (a) shoe rack (b) sofa (c) TV (d) gate

Answer key

  1. swing
  2. add more stops
  3. mirror
  4. step 1
  5. yes, with new pictures
  6. step 3
  7. fix stops in order
  8. to keep the order
  9. fix stops in order
  10. glass
  11. lemon
  12. park gate
  13. one you know very well
  14. put pictures at stops
  15. key
  16. umbrella
  17. step 2
  18. park gate
  19. swing
  20. sock
  21. choose a place you know
  22. inkpot
  23. tomato
  24. umbrella
  25. fix stops in order
  26. pencil
  27. choose a place you know
  28. ball
  29. choose a place you know
  30. put pictures at stops
  31. library
  32. orange
  33. dining table
  34. the method of loci
  35. step 4
  36. post box
  37. rose
  38. drum
  39. choose a place you know
  40. TV

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