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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Memory Palace

Memory techniques lesson 15: The memory palace · Set 55 · 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.🏰 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
  2. 2.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the method of loci (b) the pomodoro (c) chunking (d) the rhyme method
  3. 3.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) yes, with new pictures (b) only once a year (c) only for numbers (d) no, never
  4. 4.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
  5. 5.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place an apple by the school gate, a parrot by the notice board, an onion by the stairs, a key by the teacher’s desk, a vase by the classroom door. What did you place by the teacher’s desk? (a) key (b) onion (c) apple (d) vase
  6. 6.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) no reason (b) to make it longer (c) to keep the order (d) it looks nice
  7. 7.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
  8. 8.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a radio by the shoe rack, a whistle by the TV, a doll by the door, an onion by the sofa, a kettle by the dining table. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) radio (b) whistle (c) doll (d) kettle
  9. 9.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
  10. 10.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) add more stops (b) skip 5 items (c) put all at one stop (d) use no route
  11. 11.🏰 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
  12. 12.🏰 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
  13. 13.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
  14. 14.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place an umbrella by the park gate, a doll by the post box, a tomato by the bus stop, a whistle by the banyan tree, a lemon by the fruit cart. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) umbrella (b) tomato (c) whistle (d) doll
  15. 15.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place an inkpot by the TV, a lemon by the dining table, a wallet by the bed, a tiger by the kitchen, a needle by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) inkpot (b) lemon (c) wallet (d) needle
  16. 16.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place an urn by the sofa, a violin by the dining table, a guava by the shoe rack, an onion by the door, an orange by the TV. Where did you place the violin? (a) shoe rack (b) door (c) dining table (d) sofa
  17. 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place an urn by the blackboard, a flute by the notice board, a goat by the teacher’s desk, an orange by the stairs, a mango by the classroom door. Where did you place the urn? (a) stairs (b) notice board (c) blackboard (d) classroom door
  18. 18.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a van by the park gate, a doll by the fruit cart, a tent by the banyan tree, a nest by the swing, an onion by the slide. What did you place by the park gate? (a) van (b) nest (c) tent (d) doll
  19. 19.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a lamp by the TV, a key by the dining table, a glass by the kitchen, a kettle by the sofa, a violin by the shoe rack. Where did you place the glass? (a) TV (b) dining table (c) kitchen (d) shoe rack
  20. 20.🏰 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
  21. 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place an ice cream by the blackboard, an owl by the classroom door, a frog by the stairs, a guava by the library, a flute by the teacher’s desk. Where did you place the frog? (a) blackboard (b) library (c) classroom door (d) stairs
  22. 22.🏰 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 duck by the slide, a guava by the bench, a radio by the fruit cart, a ball by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) duck (b) radio (c) ball (d) umbrella
  23. 23.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a parrot by the fruit cart, a banana by the post box, a rope by the banyan tree, an owl by the park gate, a lamp by the bus stop. What did you place by the fruit cart? (a) rope (b) parrot (c) banana (d) owl
  24. 24.🏰 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
  25. 25.🏰 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
  26. 26.🏰 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
  27. 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place an urn by the TV, a net by the shoe rack, a cat by the gate, a jug by the sofa, an apple by the door. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) jug (b) cat (c) apple (d) net
  28. 28.🏰 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
  29. 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place an orange by the sofa, a flute by the bed, a rose by the TV, a violin by the kitchen, a rope by the dining table. Where did you place the rose? (a) sofa (b) TV (c) kitchen (d) bed
  30. 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a shoe by the TV, a candle by the gate, a coconut by the door, an apple by the sofa, a monkey by the shoe rack. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) candle (b) apple (c) coconut (d) monkey
  31. 31.🏰 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
  32. 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a vase by the library, a watch by the classroom door, a pillow by the blackboard, a bucket by the playground, a drum by the teacher’s desk. Where did you place the bucket? (a) playground (b) teacher’s desk (c) blackboard (d) classroom door
  33. 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place an umbrella by the classroom door, a frog by the blackboard, an onion by the teacher’s desk, a key by the library, a coconut by the stairs. Where did you place the coconut? (a) teacher’s desk (b) stairs (c) blackboard (d) library
  34. 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a duck by the stairs, a pencil by the school gate, a flute by the notice board, a goat by the teacher’s desk, an ice cream by the classroom door. What did you place by the classroom door? (a) goat (b) flute (c) pencil (d) ice cream
  35. 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a flute by the playground, a parrot by the classroom door, a tomato by the blackboard, a glass by the library, an anchor by the teacher’s desk. What did you place by the blackboard? (a) tomato (b) anchor (c) parrot (d) glass
  36. 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place an urn by the post box, a doll by the fruit cart, a net by the banyan tree, a bucket by the bus stop, an orange by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) bucket (b) urn (c) net (d) orange
  37. 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a mirror by the stairs, a lamp by the teacher’s desk, a kettle by the classroom door, a bucket by the blackboard, an apple by the notice board. What did you place by the blackboard? (a) bucket (b) lamp (c) kettle (d) apple
  38. 38.🏰 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
  39. 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a goat by the dining table, a flute by the kitchen, a doll by the sofa, a whistle by the TV, a coconut by the bed. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) goat (b) whistle (c) coconut (d) doll
  40. 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a ball by the bus stop, a doll by the banyan tree, a kite by the park gate, a vase by the fruit cart, a needle by the post box. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) doll (b) kite (c) ball (d) needle

Answer key

  1. one you know very well
  2. the method of loci
  3. yes, with new pictures
  4. step 2
  5. key
  6. to keep the order
  7. step 4
  8. kettle
  9. step 1
  10. add more stops
  11. choose a place you know
  12. choose a place you know
  13. step 3
  14. umbrella
  15. inkpot
  16. dining table
  17. blackboard
  18. van
  19. kitchen
  20. choose a place you know
  21. stairs
  22. radio
  23. parrot
  24. choose a place you know
  25. fix stops in order
  26. fix stops in order
  27. apple
  28. choose a place you know
  29. TV
  30. coconut
  31. choose a place you know
  32. playground
  33. stairs
  34. ice cream
  35. tomato
  36. urn
  37. bucket
  38. put pictures at stops
  39. goat
  40. ball

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