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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Memory Palace

Memory techniques lesson 15: The memory palace · Set 558 · 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) the pomodoro (c) the method of loci (d) chunking
  2. 2.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a shoe by the TV, a rope by the shoe rack, a banana by the dining table, an igloo by the kitchen, a fan by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) rope (b) banana (c) fan (d) shoe
  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 walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a key by the swing, a whistle by the park gate, a bucket by the slide, a pencil by the fruit cart, a watch by the bench. Where did you place the pencil? (a) slide (b) swing (c) fruit cart (d) park gate
  5. 5.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a jeep by the TV, an owl by the bed, a van by the sofa, a doll by the dining table, a flute by the kitchen. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) van (b) flute (c) doll (d) owl
  6. 6.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
  7. 7.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
  8. 8.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a rope by the shoe rack, a flute by the TV, a sock by the door, a mirror by the sofa, a jalebi by the dining table. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) flute (b) jalebi (c) rope (d) mirror
  9. 9.🏰 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
  10. 10.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place an umbrella by the banyan tree, an orange by the slide, a glass by the swing, a rose by the park gate, a lemon by the fruit cart. What did you place by the park gate? (a) glass (b) umbrella (c) lemon (d) rose
  11. 11.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
  12. 12.🏰 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
  13. 13.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a violin by the door, a fan by the sofa, a pencil by the TV, a key by the dining table, a jalebi by the shoe rack. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) key (b) fan (c) jalebi (d) violin
  14. 14.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place an owl by the dining table, an apple by the bed, an umbrella by the sofa, a ladder by the TV, a parrot by the kitchen. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) parrot (b) umbrella (c) owl (d) apple
  15. 15.🏰 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
  16. 16.🏰 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
  17. 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a tent by the notice board, a watch by the stairs, a key by the teacher’s desk, a kettle by the classroom door, a mirror by the school gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) key (b) tent (c) watch (d) kettle
  18. 18.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a sock by the post box, a needle by the park gate, an ant by the fruit cart, a key by the banyan tree, a rose by the swing. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) rose (b) needle (c) ant (d) sock
  19. 19.🏰 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
  20. 20.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) no reason (b) it looks nice (c) to make it longer (d) to keep the order
  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 net by the post box, a needle by the fruit cart, a van by the banyan tree, an igloo by the park gate, a key by the bus stop. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) key (b) net (c) igloo (d) needle
  22. 22.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a coconut by the library, a fan by the blackboard, a flute by the classroom door, an orange by the teacher’s desk, a kite by the stairs. Where did you place the fan? (a) blackboard (b) stairs (c) library (d) classroom door
  23. 23.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a coconut by the kitchen, a radio by the TV, a glass by the dining table, a whistle by the shoe rack, an umbrella by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) radio (b) umbrella (c) coconut (d) glass
  24. 24.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place an inkpot by the sofa, a frog by the TV, a drum by the shoe rack, a duck by the door, a lamp by the gate. Where did you place the lamp? (a) door (b) sofa (c) TV (d) gate
  25. 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a frog by the blackboard, an owl by the classroom door, a van by the notice board, an anchor by the teacher’s desk, a kite by the stairs. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) van (b) anchor (c) owl (d) kite
  26. 26.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place an urn by the gate, an apple by the door, a rose by the shoe rack, a rope by the TV, a net by the sofa. What did you place by the gate? (a) apple (b) rose (c) net (d) urn
  27. 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place an inkpot by the TV, a parrot by the door, a sock by the gate, a key by the sofa, a rose by the shoe rack. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) inkpot (b) rose (c) sock (d) key
  28. 28.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a ladder by the park gate, a needle by the swing, a wallet by the fruit cart, a tiger by the slide, a candle by the bench. Where did you place the wallet? (a) fruit cart (b) bench (c) swing (d) park gate
  29. 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a wallet by the park gate, a van by the banyan tree, an ice cream by the swing, a ball by the fruit cart, a shoe by the slide. Where did you place the ice cream? (a) slide (b) banyan tree (c) swing (d) fruit cart
  30. 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place an urn by the school gate, a tomato by the classroom door, an apple by the teacher’s desk, an anchor by the stairs, a fan by the notice board. What did you place by the teacher’s desk? (a) tomato (b) fan (c) apple (d) anchor
  31. 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a jug by the kitchen, an orange by the TV, a candle by the sofa, a pillow by the bed, an ant by the dining table. What did you place by the TV? (a) candle (b) ant (c) pillow (d) orange
  32. 32.🏰 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
  33. 33.🏰 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
  34. 34.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) yes, with new pictures (b) only for numbers (c) no, never (d) only once a year
  35. 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a nest by the sofa, a fan by the gate, a coconut by the TV, an owl by the door, a net by the shoe rack. Where did you place the coconut? (a) gate (b) shoe rack (c) sofa (d) TV
  36. 36.🏰 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
  37. 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a doll by the teacher’s desk, a kite by the stairs, a rose by the classroom door, a sock by the blackboard, a frog by the notice board. What did you place by the teacher’s desk? (a) doll (b) frog (c) rose (d) sock
  38. 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a jeep by the stairs, a mango by the blackboard, a sock by the classroom door, a fan by the teacher’s desk, a frog by the notice board. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) mango (b) fan (c) sock (d) frog
  39. 39.🏰 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
  40. 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a duck by the playground, an inkpot by the teacher’s desk, a lamp by the library, a radio by the classroom door, a wallet by the blackboard. Where did you place the lamp? (a) classroom door (b) blackboard (c) playground (d) library

Answer key

  1. the method of loci
  2. fan
  3. one you know very well
  4. fruit cart
  5. owl
  6. step 2
  7. step 3
  8. flute
  9. fix stops in order
  10. rose
  11. step 1
  12. put pictures at stops
  13. key
  14. parrot
  15. choose a place you know
  16. step 4
  17. kettle
  18. needle
  19. put pictures at stops
  20. to keep the order
  21. key
  22. blackboard
  23. umbrella
  24. gate
  25. van
  26. urn
  27. key
  28. fruit cart
  29. swing
  30. apple
  31. orange
  32. choose a place you know
  33. choose a place you know
  34. yes, with new pictures
  35. TV
  36. choose a place you know
  37. doll
  38. frog
  39. fix stops in order
  40. library

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