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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Memory Palace

Memory techniques lesson 15: The memory palace · Set 682 · 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.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) use no route (b) put all at one stop (c) add more stops (d) skip 5 items
  2. 2.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a ball by the classroom door, a jug by the blackboard, an onion by the library, a ladder by the teacher’s desk, a lamp by the stairs. What did you place by the library? (a) ladder (b) jug (c) onion (d) ball
  3. 3.🏰 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
  4. 4.🏰 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
  5. 5.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the rhyme method (b) the pomodoro (c) the method of loci (d) chunking
  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.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place an ant by the dining table, a drum by the door, an orange by the TV, a parrot by the sofa, a tomato by the shoe rack. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) ant (b) tomato (c) orange (d) drum
  8. 8.🏰 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
  9. 9.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
  10. 10.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place an anchor by the bench, an umbrella by the swing, an inkpot by the slide, a mirror by the fruit cart, a watch by the park gate. Where did you place the inkpot? (a) bench (b) park gate (c) slide (d) fruit cart
  11. 11.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) to keep the order (b) it looks nice (c) no reason (d) to make it longer
  12. 12.🏰 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
  13. 13.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a blank wall (b) one you know very well (c) one you never saw (d) a random new city
  14. 14.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place an owl by the stairs, a candle by the classroom door, a violin by the library, an inkpot by the teacher’s desk, a parrot by the blackboard. What did you place by the teacher’s desk? (a) parrot (b) violin (c) inkpot (d) owl
  15. 15.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a ladder by the teacher’s desk, a cat by the classroom door, an umpire by the blackboard, an anchor by the stairs, a radio by the notice board. What did you place by the stairs? (a) umpire (b) radio (c) ladder (d) anchor
  16. 16.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place an igloo by the TV, a key by the bed, an ant by the dining table, a cat by the kitchen, a radio by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) igloo (b) radio (c) key (d) ant
  17. 17.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) yes, with new pictures (b) only for numbers (c) only once a year (d) no, never
  18. 18.🏰 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
  19. 19.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place an owl by the shoe rack, a ladder by the TV, an umbrella by the door, a key by the sofa, an onion by the gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) key (b) ladder (c) umbrella (d) onion
  20. 20.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a banana by the dining table, a jalebi by the sofa, a guava by the TV, an ant by the bed, an apple by the kitchen. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) guava (b) jalebi (c) apple (d) banana
  21. 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a bucket by the TV, a whistle by the sofa, an inkpot by the gate, an umpire by the shoe rack, a wallet by the door. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) whistle (b) wallet (c) inkpot (d) umpire
  22. 22.🏰 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 post box, a ladder by the banyan tree, an owl by the fruit cart, a rose by the bus stop, a key by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) key (b) rose (c) parrot (d) owl
  23. 23.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a rose by the swing, a jalebi by the banyan tree, an onion by the post box, a jeep by the park gate, a goat by the fruit cart. Where did you place the jeep? (a) post box (b) fruit cart (c) banyan tree (d) park gate
  24. 24.🏰 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
  25. 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place an inkpot by the shoe rack, a frog by the TV, a goat by the gate, a fan by the sofa, a shoe by the door. Where did you place the goat? (a) gate (b) sofa (c) TV (d) door
  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 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
  28. 28.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a nest by the teacher’s desk, an apple by the notice board, an onion by the school gate, a jalebi by the classroom door, a lemon by the stairs. What did you place by the notice board? (a) onion (b) nest (c) apple (d) jalebi
  29. 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a wallet by the library, a lemon by the playground, a monkey by the blackboard, a tomato by the classroom door, a shoe by the teacher’s desk. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) tomato (b) wallet (c) lemon (d) monkey
  30. 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a guava by the kitchen, a jug by the TV, a tiger by the dining table, an onion by the sofa, a sock by the bed. Where did you place the guava? (a) sofa (b) dining table (c) kitchen (d) bed
  31. 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a parrot by the kitchen, a cat by the dining table, a coconut by the TV, a wallet by the bed, a jug by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) jug (b) wallet (c) coconut (d) cat
  32. 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a jeep by the classroom door, a whistle by the blackboard, a fan by the notice board, a parrot by the stairs, an urn by the teacher’s desk. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) urn (b) fan (c) parrot (d) whistle
  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: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a van by the post box, a candle by the fruit cart, a pencil by the park gate, a kite by the swing, a net by the banyan tree. What did you place by the fruit cart? (a) pencil (b) van (c) candle (d) net
  35. 35.🏰 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
  36. 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place an ant by the stairs, a spoon by the classroom door, a flute by the teacher’s desk, a lamp by the notice board, a shoe by the blackboard. Where did you place the ant? (a) teacher’s desk (b) notice board (c) classroom door (d) stairs
  37. 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place an urn by the door, a drum by the TV, an igloo by the sofa, a cat by the gate, a fan by the shoe rack. What did you place by the shoe rack? (a) urn (b) fan (c) cat (d) drum
  38. 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place an owl by the blackboard, a lemon by the stairs, a pillow by the teacher’s desk, a watch by the classroom door, a drum by the notice board. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) pillow (b) watch (c) lemon (d) drum
  39. 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place an orange by the classroom door, a jeep by the teacher’s desk, a fan by the blackboard, a ball by the notice board, an umbrella by the stairs. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) jeep (b) umbrella (c) fan (d) orange
  40. 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place an ice cream by the sofa, a shoe by the TV, an orange by the kitchen, a jeep by the shoe rack, a violin by the dining table. Where did you place the violin? (a) sofa (b) kitchen (c) dining table (d) shoe rack

Answer key

  1. add more stops
  2. onion
  3. step 1
  4. choose a place you know
  5. the method of loci
  6. step 2
  7. ant
  8. choose a place you know
  9. step 3
  10. slide
  11. to keep the order
  12. choose a place you know
  13. one you know very well
  14. inkpot
  15. anchor
  16. radio
  17. yes, with new pictures
  18. fix stops in order
  19. onion
  20. jalebi
  21. umpire
  22. rose
  23. park gate
  24. choose a place you know
  25. gate
  26. put pictures at stops
  27. step 4
  28. apple
  29. lemon
  30. kitchen
  31. jug
  32. parrot
  33. put pictures at stops
  34. candle
  35. choose a place you know
  36. stairs
  37. fan
  38. watch
  39. orange
  40. dining table

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