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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Memory Palace

Memory techniques lesson 15: The memory palace · Set 656 · 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 method of loci (b) chunking (c) the pomodoro (d) the rhyme method
  2. 2.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
  3. 3.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) use no route (b) add more stops (c) put all at one stop (d) skip 5 items
  4. 4.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a monkey by the kitchen, a banana by the TV, an ant by the dining table, a drum by the bed, a shoe by the sofa. Where did you place the ant? (a) bed (b) sofa (c) kitchen (d) dining table
  5. 5.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a candle by the dining table, a mirror by the TV, a drum by the sofa, a key by the shoe rack, a mango by the kitchen. What did you place by the kitchen? (a) mango (b) drum (c) key (d) mirror
  6. 6.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a key by the TV, a fan by the kitchen, a banana by the dining table, a kite by the sofa, a monkey by the bed. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) monkey (b) fan (c) kite (d) key
  7. 7.🏰 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
  8. 8.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a whistle by the teacher’s desk, a rose by the school gate, a guava by the stairs, a bucket by the classroom door, an anchor by the notice board. Where did you place the bucket? (a) classroom door (b) notice board (c) stairs (d) teacher’s desk
  9. 9.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a violin by the swing, a rose by the bench, a drum by the slide, a duck by the fruit cart, a pencil by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) rose (b) pencil (c) duck (d) drum
  10. 10.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a parrot by the teacher’s desk, an umbrella by the classroom door, a tiger by the blackboard, a lemon by the playground, an ant by the library. What did you place by the playground? (a) ant (b) parrot (c) lemon (d) tiger
  11. 11.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a kettle by the classroom door, a pencil by the notice board, an ice cream by the stairs, a shoe by the school gate, a bucket by the teacher’s desk. Where did you place the ice cream? (a) teacher’s desk (b) stairs (c) notice board (d) classroom door
  12. 12.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a pillow by the sofa, a pencil by the door, a violin by the shoe rack, a parrot by the TV, a goat by the gate. What did you place by the sofa? (a) goat (b) pillow (c) pencil (d) violin
  13. 13.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a random new city (b) one you never saw (c) a blank wall (d) one you know very well
  14. 14.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a nest by the blackboard, a needle by the notice board, a rope by the teacher’s desk, a cat by the classroom door, a net by the stairs. What did you place by the blackboard? (a) rope (b) nest (c) needle (d) cat
  15. 15.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a jug by the bus stop, a ball by the fruit cart, an igloo by the post box, a pillow by the park gate, a drum by the banyan tree. What did you place by the bus stop? (a) drum (b) igloo (c) jug (d) ball
  16. 16.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
  17. 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place an apple by the bench, a glass by the slide, a guava by the park gate, a pillow by the swing, a lemon by the fruit cart. Where did you place the glass? (a) park gate (b) slide (c) swing (d) fruit cart
  18. 18.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) it looks nice (b) to keep the order (c) to make it longer (d) no reason
  19. 19.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
  20. 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. 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place an anchor by the school gate, a lemon by the stairs, a rope by the teacher’s desk, a kite by the classroom door, a sock by the notice board. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) kite (b) lemon (c) sock (d) rope
  22. 22.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a mango by the sofa, a needle by the shoe rack, a cat by the dining table, a doll by the door, a whistle by the TV. What did you place by the dining table? (a) doll (b) cat (c) whistle (d) mango
  23. 23.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place an apple by the classroom door, a pencil by the teacher’s desk, a van by the stairs, an umbrella by the notice board, a rose by the school gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) rose (b) umbrella (c) van (d) pencil
  24. 24.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a vase by the TV, a lamp by the door, a candle by the sofa, a shoe by the gate, a flute by the shoe rack. Where did you place the lamp? (a) TV (b) shoe rack (c) gate (d) door
  25. 25.🏰 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
  26. 26.🏰 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
  27. 27.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
  28. 28.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a spoon by the swing, a pencil by the bench, a bucket by the park gate, a tiger by the slide, a jug by the fruit cart. Where did you place the tiger? (a) park gate (b) slide (c) bench (d) swing
  29. 29.🏰 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
  30. 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a tomato by the park gate, an ant by the fruit cart, a guava by the slide, an owl by the swing, a bucket by the bench. What did you place by the bench? (a) tomato (b) bucket (c) owl (d) guava
  31. 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a pillow by the door, a rose by the shoe rack, a fan by the sofa, a wallet by the gate, a mirror by the TV. Where did you place the rose? (a) gate (b) door (c) shoe rack (d) sofa
  32. 32.🏰 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
  33. 33.🏰 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
  34. 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a mango by the swing, a vase by the slide, a frog by the park gate, a net by the fruit cart, a kite by the bench. What did you place by the bench? (a) frog (b) kite (c) vase (d) net
  35. 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place an anchor by the park gate, a tomato by the bus stop, an ant by the post box, a van by the fruit cart, a tiger by the banyan tree. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) ant (b) tomato (c) tiger (d) van
  36. 36.🏰 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
  37. 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a guava by the slide, an owl by the fruit cart, a candle by the bench, a wallet by the swing, a goat by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) candle (b) goat (c) owl (d) guava
  38. 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a guava by the banyan tree, a coconut by the post box, a shoe by the park gate, a frog by the bus stop, a jug by the fruit cart. Where did you place the frog? (a) banyan tree (b) park gate (c) fruit cart (d) bus stop
  39. 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. 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a wallet by the shoe rack, a tent by the sofa, a kite by the dining table, a jug by the TV, a net by the kitchen. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) net (b) kite (c) tent (d) wallet

Answer key

  1. the method of loci
  2. step 1
  3. add more stops
  4. dining table
  5. mango
  6. key
  7. yes, with new pictures
  8. classroom door
  9. duck
  10. lemon
  11. stairs
  12. pillow
  13. one you know very well
  14. nest
  15. jug
  16. step 2
  17. slide
  18. to keep the order
  19. step 3
  20. fix stops in order
  21. sock
  22. cat
  23. pencil
  24. door
  25. fix stops in order
  26. put pictures at stops
  27. step 4
  28. slide
  29. fix stops in order
  30. bucket
  31. shoe rack
  32. choose a place you know
  33. put pictures at stops
  34. kite
  35. tiger
  36. choose a place you know
  37. guava
  38. bus stop
  39. choose a place you know
  40. kite

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