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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Memory Palace

Memory techniques lesson 15: The memory palace · Set 556 · 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 rhyme method (b) chunking (c) the pomodoro (d) the method of loci
  2. 2.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place an anchor by the post box, a parrot by the swing, a drum by the park gate, a rope by the fruit cart, a shoe by the banyan tree. Where did you place the anchor? (a) swing (b) banyan tree (c) post box (d) fruit cart
  3. 3.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a glass by the notice board, a monkey by the school gate, a pillow by the stairs, a flute by the teacher’s desk, a doll by the classroom door. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) pillow (b) flute (c) monkey (d) doll
  4. 4.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) no reason (b) to make it longer (c) it looks nice (d) to keep the order
  5. 5.🏰 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
  6. 6.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
  7. 7.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
  8. 8.🏰 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
  9. 9.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a guava by the library, a wallet by the classroom door, an ice cream by the blackboard, a jug by the teacher’s desk, a nest by the stairs. Where did you place the ice cream? (a) library (b) stairs (c) classroom door (d) blackboard
  10. 10.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) no, never (b) only for numbers (c) only once a year (d) yes, with new pictures
  11. 11.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a monkey by the bed, a tomato by the dining table, a jeep by the TV, a candle by the kitchen, a whistle by the sofa. Where did you place the tomato? (a) dining table (b) sofa (c) TV (d) kitchen
  12. 12.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place an urn by the teacher’s desk, a needle by the classroom door, a doll by the library, an umbrella by the playground, a lemon by the blackboard. What did you place by the blackboard? (a) urn (b) doll (c) lemon (d) needle
  13. 13.🏰 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
  14. 14.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place an umbrella by the blackboard, an onion by the classroom door, a lemon by the teacher’s desk, a frog by the playground, a bucket by the library. Where did you place the bucket? (a) classroom door (b) blackboard (c) playground (d) library
  15. 15.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a watch by the swing, a mango by the banyan tree, a pencil by the fruit cart, a tent by the park gate, a wallet by the post box. Where did you place the tent? (a) fruit cart (b) banyan tree (c) park gate (d) swing
  16. 16.🏰 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
  17. 17.🏰 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
  18. 18.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a guava by the sofa, an urn by the bed, an apple by the TV, a nest by the kitchen, a vase by the dining table. Where did you place the nest? (a) sofa (b) kitchen (c) TV (d) bed
  19. 19.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a random new city (b) a blank wall (c) one you know very well (d) one you never saw
  20. 20.🏰 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
  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 parrot by the bus stop, a kite by the park gate, an apple by the banyan tree, a lemon by the post box, a nest by the fruit cart. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) apple (b) parrot (c) lemon (d) kite
  22. 22.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a watch by the blackboard, an apple by the stairs, an igloo by the teacher’s desk, a tomato by the notice board, an anchor by the classroom door. What did you place by the stairs? (a) anchor (b) tomato (c) apple (d) watch
  23. 23.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
  24. 24.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a lamp by the teacher’s desk, a jeep by the school gate, a duck by the stairs, a whistle by the classroom door, an umbrella by the notice board. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) duck (b) lamp (c) umbrella (d) jeep
  25. 25.🏰 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
  26. 26.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place an umpire by the sofa, a jalebi by the dining table, a key by the kitchen, an anchor by the TV, an apple by the shoe rack. What did you place by the sofa? (a) apple (b) anchor (c) umpire (d) jalebi
  27. 27.🏰 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
  28. 28.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a candle by the dining table, an umbrella by the TV, a doll by the bed, an orange by the kitchen, a duck by the sofa. Where did you place the orange? (a) kitchen (b) dining table (c) TV (d) bed
  29. 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a tomato by the door, a ball by the sofa, a nest by the TV, an igloo by the gate, an ant by the shoe rack. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) tomato (b) igloo (c) nest (d) ball
  30. 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a doll by the park gate, a jeep by the slide, an igloo by the swing, a duck by the banyan tree, an urn by the fruit cart. Where did you place the doll? (a) park gate (b) fruit cart (c) banyan tree (d) swing
  31. 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a pencil by the sofa, a lemon by the dining table, a rope by the shoe rack, an owl by the TV, an orange by the kitchen. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) pencil (b) orange (c) lemon (d) rope
  32. 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a pencil by the stairs, a doll by the teacher’s desk, a rope by the blackboard, a rose by the classroom door, a watch by the library. What did you place by the stairs? (a) rope (b) rose (c) doll (d) pencil
  33. 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a van by the fruit cart, a duck by the post box, a mango by the park gate, a pencil by the swing, an ant by the banyan tree. What did you place by the park gate? (a) van (b) pencil (c) mango (d) duck
  34. 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a lamp by the door, a mirror by the sofa, a pillow by the TV, a net by the gate, a rose by the shoe rack. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) net (b) pillow (c) lamp (d) rose
  35. 35.🏰 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
  36. 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place an orange by the teacher’s desk, an umpire by the stairs, a shoe by the notice board, an umbrella by the classroom door, a watch by the school gate. Where did you place the shoe? (a) classroom door (b) stairs (c) notice board (d) school gate
  37. 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a cat by the sofa, a tiger by the door, a bucket by the shoe rack, an apple by the TV, a violin by the gate. What did you place by the TV? (a) bucket (b) tiger (c) cat (d) apple
  38. 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a ladder by the dining table, a ball by the kitchen, a whistle by the bed, an urn by the sofa, an orange by the TV. Where did you place the urn? (a) TV (b) dining table (c) bed (d) sofa
  39. 39.🏰 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
  40. 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a needle by the TV, a nest by the dining table, an onion by the kitchen, a rose by the shoe rack, an orange by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) onion (b) needle (c) orange (d) rose

Answer key

  1. the method of loci
  2. post box
  3. doll
  4. to keep the order
  5. choose a place you know
  6. step 2
  7. step 3
  8. fix stops in order
  9. blackboard
  10. yes, with new pictures
  11. dining table
  12. lemon
  13. add more stops
  14. library
  15. park gate
  16. step 1
  17. fix stops in order
  18. kitchen
  19. one you know very well
  20. choose a place you know
  21. kite
  22. apple
  23. step 4
  24. lamp
  25. choose a place you know
  26. umpire
  27. fix stops in order
  28. kitchen
  29. tomato
  30. park gate
  31. orange
  32. pencil
  33. mango
  34. rose
  35. fix stops in order
  36. notice board
  37. apple
  38. sofa
  39. put pictures at stops
  40. orange

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