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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Memory Palace

Memory techniques lesson 15: The memory palace · Set 52 · 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.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) no, never (b) only once a year (c) yes, with new pictures (d) only for numbers
  2. 2.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place an umpire by the kitchen, a sock by the sofa, a cat by the TV, a doll by the bed, a coconut by the dining table. What did you place by the dining table? (a) umpire (b) sock (c) doll (d) coconut
  3. 3.🏰 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
  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.🏰 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 post box, a guava by the swing, a needle by the park gate, a frog by the banyan tree, a spoon by the fruit cart. What did you place by the swing? (a) net (b) guava (c) needle (d) spoon
  6. 6.🏰 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
  7. 7.🏰 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
  8. 8.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a tomato by the blackboard, an umbrella by the notice board, a jeep by the stairs, a monkey by the teacher’s desk, a jalebi by the classroom door. What did you place by the stairs? (a) jalebi (b) monkey (c) jeep (d) tomato
  9. 9.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
  10. 10.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) put all at one stop (b) use no route (c) add more stops (d) skip 5 items
  11. 11.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a bucket by the TV, a tent by the shoe rack, a nest by the sofa, a tomato by the gate, a rope by the door. What did you place by the TV? (a) tent (b) rope (c) bucket (d) tomato
  12. 12.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
  13. 13.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
  14. 14.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) to keep the order (b) no reason (c) it looks nice (d) to make it longer
  15. 15.🏰 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
  16. 16.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a rope by the teacher’s desk, a glass by the school gate, a drum by the notice board, a tiger by the classroom door, a ball by the stairs. What did you place by the teacher’s desk? (a) glass (b) tiger (c) rope (d) ball
  17. 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a jeep by the TV, an igloo by the kitchen, a bucket by the sofa, a key by the dining table, a sock by the shoe rack. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) jeep (b) igloo (c) sock (d) key
  18. 18.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a random new city (b) one you never saw (c) one you know very well (d) a blank wall
  19. 19.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a lemon by the fruit cart, a pencil by the park gate, an ice cream by the slide, a lamp by the swing, a drum by the banyan tree. What did you place by the banyan tree? (a) ice cream (b) drum (c) pencil (d) lemon
  20. 20.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a frog by the library, a needle by the classroom door, a duck by the teacher’s desk, a key by the stairs, an owl by the blackboard. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) owl (b) needle (c) duck (d) frog
  21. 21.🏰 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
  22. 22.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a sock by the gate, a watch by the TV, a cat by the shoe rack, an inkpot by the sofa, a pencil by the door. What did you place by the shoe rack? (a) inkpot (b) cat (c) watch (d) pencil
  23. 23.🏰 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
  24. 24.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a pencil by the bed, a banana by the sofa, a ball by the TV, a candle by the kitchen, a cat by the dining table. What did you place by the bed? (a) banana (b) cat (c) ball (d) pencil
  25. 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place an apple by the gate, a ball by the door, a jug by the TV, a ladder by the shoe rack, a violin by the sofa. Where did you place the jug? (a) gate (b) door (c) shoe rack (d) TV
  26. 26.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a pencil by the dining table, an orange by the shoe rack, an igloo by the kitchen, an anchor by the TV, a jeep by the sofa. What did you place by the kitchen? (a) pencil (b) igloo (c) orange (d) anchor
  27. 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a glass by the sofa, an umpire by the TV, a kettle by the kitchen, a needle by the bed, a vase by the dining table. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) umpire (b) needle (c) vase (d) glass
  28. 28.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the rhyme method (b) chunking (c) the pomodoro (d) the method of loci
  29. 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a candle by the park gate, a pillow by the swing, an anchor by the slide, a frog by the fruit cart, a tent by the banyan tree. Where did you place the tent? (a) swing (b) park gate (c) banyan tree (d) slide
  30. 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a mirror by the school gate, an ice cream by the classroom door, a van by the stairs, an inkpot by the notice board, a coconut by the teacher’s desk. Where did you place the ice cream? (a) stairs (b) classroom door (c) school gate (d) notice board
  31. 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a guava by the fruit cart, a kite by the slide, a cat by the park gate, a jeep by the banyan tree, an umbrella by the swing. What did you place by the banyan tree? (a) umbrella (b) cat (c) jeep (d) kite
  32. 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a nest by the kitchen, a jalebi by the TV, a rope by the shoe rack, a mirror by the sofa, a shoe by the dining table. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) jalebi (b) rope (c) mirror (d) shoe
  33. 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a jug by the sofa, a jeep by the TV, an igloo by the kitchen, a tent by the shoe rack, a jalebi by the dining table. Where did you place the igloo? (a) sofa (b) shoe rack (c) TV (d) kitchen
  34. 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a doll by the TV, a lamp by the door, a glass by the sofa, a rose by the dining table, a parrot by the shoe rack. Where did you place the doll? (a) dining table (b) TV (c) door (d) shoe rack
  35. 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a nest by the stairs, an umbrella by the classroom door, a cat by the teacher’s desk, a candle by the blackboard, a frog by the library. Where did you place the nest? (a) library (b) classroom door (c) stairs (d) blackboard
  36. 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a coconut by the gate, a guava by the shoe rack, a jeep by the TV, a radio by the sofa, an urn by the door. Where did you place the guava? (a) shoe rack (b) TV (c) gate (d) sofa
  37. 37.🏰 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
  38. 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a tomato by the TV, a cat by the kitchen, an urn by the sofa, a coconut by the dining table, an ice cream by the bed. What did you place by the bed? (a) coconut (b) cat (c) tomato (d) ice cream
  39. 39.🏰 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
  40. 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a mirror by the bed, a whistle by the kitchen, a violin by the dining table, a candle by the TV, a jeep by the sofa. Where did you place the violin? (a) kitchen (b) sofa (c) dining table (d) bed

Answer key

  1. yes, with new pictures
  2. coconut
  3. step 1
  4. put pictures at stops
  5. guava
  6. choose a place you know
  7. fix stops in order
  8. jeep
  9. step 4
  10. add more stops
  11. bucket
  12. step 3
  13. step 2
  14. to keep the order
  15. put pictures at stops
  16. rope
  17. key
  18. one you know very well
  19. drum
  20. frog
  21. fix stops in order
  22. cat
  23. fix stops in order
  24. pencil
  25. TV
  26. igloo
  27. needle
  28. the method of loci
  29. banyan tree
  30. classroom door
  31. jeep
  32. rope
  33. kitchen
  34. TV
  35. stairs
  36. shoe rack
  37. choose a place you know
  38. ice cream
  39. fix stops in order
  40. dining table

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