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