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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Memory Palace

Memory techniques lesson 15: The memory palace · Set 505 · 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: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a banana by the fruit cart, a tiger by the park gate, a guava by the slide, a nest by the bench, a rope by the swing. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) rope (b) tiger (c) nest (d) guava
  2. 2.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a guava by the notice board, a rope by the teacher’s desk, a jalebi by the school gate, a tent by the classroom door, an umpire by the stairs. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) guava (b) rope (c) jalebi (d) tent
  3. 3.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a blank wall (b) one you never saw (c) a random new city (d) one you know very well
  4. 4.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a kite by the kitchen, an igloo by the sofa, an ice cream by the TV, a glass by the bed, a duck by the dining table. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) igloo (b) ice cream (c) kite (d) duck
  5. 5.🏰 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 post box, a key by the park gate, a ladder by the fruit cart, a spoon by the bus stop, a flute by the banyan tree. What did you place by the bus stop? (a) doll (b) key (c) flute (d) spoon
  6. 6.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or choose a place you know? (a) walk the route to recall (b) choose a place you know
  7. 7.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a ball by the sofa, a flute by the kitchen, a banana by the dining table, an igloo by the TV, a glass by the shoe rack. Where did you place the igloo? (a) kitchen (b) dining table (c) TV (d) sofa
  8. 8.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
  9. 9.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
  10. 10.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a goat by the teacher’s desk, an umpire by the school gate, an anchor by the stairs, a jug by the classroom door, a spoon by the notice board. What did you place by the school gate? (a) goat (b) spoon (c) umpire (d) anchor
  11. 11.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) it looks nice (b) no reason (c) to keep the order (d) to make it longer
  12. 12.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) chunking (b) the rhyme method (c) the pomodoro (d) the method of loci
  13. 13.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a kite by the blackboard, a tiger by the stairs, a doll by the classroom door, a guava by the teacher’s desk, a jalebi by the library. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) tiger (b) doll (c) jalebi (d) kite
  14. 14.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
  15. 15.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) put all at one stop (b) add more stops (c) use no route (d) skip 5 items
  16. 16.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a banana by the shoe rack, a mirror by the door, a kite by the sofa, a bucket by the TV, a pillow by the dining table. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) pillow (b) bucket (c) banana (d) mirror
  17. 17.🏰 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
  18. 18.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) no, never (b) yes, with new pictures (c) only for numbers (d) only once a year
  19. 19.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a goat by the sofa, a lamp by the shoe rack, an inkpot by the dining table, a duck by the TV, a jug by the kitchen. Where did you place the goat? (a) shoe rack (b) TV (c) sofa (d) dining table
  20. 20.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a ladder by the blackboard, an urn by the stairs, a kettle by the notice board, a cat by the teacher’s desk, an anchor by the classroom door. Where did you place the ladder? (a) stairs (b) teacher’s desk (c) classroom door (d) blackboard
  21. 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a bucket by the stairs, a glass by the blackboard, a guava by the notice board, a tent by the classroom door, an inkpot by the teacher’s desk. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) bucket (b) glass (c) tent (d) inkpot
  22. 22.🏰 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
  23. 23.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a spoon by the classroom door, a mirror by the blackboard, a candle by the stairs, a guava by the teacher’s desk, a van by the notice board. What did you place by the classroom door? (a) mirror (b) van (c) spoon (d) guava
  24. 24.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place an orange by the classroom door, a rose by the teacher’s desk, an anchor by the playground, a lemon by the blackboard, an ice cream by the library. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) lemon (b) anchor (c) rose (d) orange
  25. 25.🏰 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
  26. 26.🏰 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
  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 walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a cat by the bus stop, a candle by the fruit cart, a guava by the park gate, a key by the banyan tree, an anchor by the post box. Where did you place the guava? (a) park gate (b) banyan tree (c) bus stop (d) fruit cart
  29. 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a lamp by the stairs, a pencil by the classroom door, a frog by the notice board, a van by the teacher’s desk, an orange by the blackboard. Where did you place the orange? (a) notice board (b) classroom door (c) blackboard (d) stairs
  30. 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a doll by the blackboard, an igloo by the teacher’s desk, a key by the library, a mirror by the playground, a bucket by the classroom door. Where did you place the bucket? (a) classroom door (b) blackboard (c) playground (d) teacher’s desk
  31. 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place an onion by the slide, a shoe by the fruit cart, a kite by the swing, a monkey by the banyan tree, a spoon by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) monkey (b) onion (c) kite (d) shoe
  32. 32.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
  33. 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place an anchor by the teacher’s desk, a net by the stairs, a parrot by the classroom door, a jalebi by the school gate, a radio by the notice board. Where did you place the jalebi? (a) stairs (b) classroom door (c) school gate (d) teacher’s desk
  34. 34.🏰 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
  35. 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a spoon by the blackboard, a radio by the classroom door, a rose by the notice board, a kettle by the stairs, an inkpot by the teacher’s desk. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) inkpot (b) kettle (c) radio (d) spoon
  36. 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a flute by the kitchen, a nest by the dining table, a ball by the sofa, an apple by the TV, a van by the bed. Where did you place the van? (a) dining table (b) TV (c) bed (d) kitchen
  37. 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a jalebi by the TV, a doll by the kitchen, a pencil by the sofa, a shoe by the dining table, an ant by the shoe rack. Where did you place the ant? (a) kitchen (b) dining table (c) shoe rack (d) sofa
  38. 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a bucket by the dining table, a flute by the sofa, a fan by the shoe rack, a rose by the TV, a lemon by the door. Where did you place the lemon? (a) door (b) TV (c) sofa (d) shoe rack
  39. 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place an inkpot by the sofa, a tiger by the door, an urn by the shoe rack, a jeep by the TV, a mirror by the dining table. What did you place by the shoe rack? (a) mirror (b) urn (c) tiger (d) inkpot
  40. 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place an umbrella by the swing, a glass by the park gate, a radio by the slide, a rope by the fruit cart, a whistle by the bench. Where did you place the radio? (a) fruit cart (b) slide (c) park gate (d) bench

Answer key

  1. guava
  2. rope
  3. one you know very well
  4. igloo
  5. spoon
  6. choose a place you know
  7. TV
  8. step 2
  9. step 3
  10. umpire
  11. to keep the order
  12. the method of loci
  13. kite
  14. step 1
  15. add more stops
  16. banana
  17. put pictures at stops
  18. yes, with new pictures
  19. sofa
  20. blackboard
  21. bucket
  22. fix stops in order
  23. spoon
  24. rose
  25. choose a place you know
  26. fix stops in order
  27. choose a place you know
  28. park gate
  29. blackboard
  30. classroom door
  31. monkey
  32. step 4
  33. school gate
  34. choose a place you know
  35. kettle
  36. bed
  37. shoe rack
  38. door
  39. urn
  40. slide

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