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