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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Memory Palace

Memory techniques lesson 15: The memory palace · Set 686 · 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.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) only once a year (b) yes, with new pictures (c) no, never (d) only for numbers
  2. 2.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
  3. 3.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) skip 5 items (b) use no route (c) put all at one stop (d) add more stops
  4. 4.🏰 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
  5. 5.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a kite by the banyan tree, a tomato by the fruit cart, a drum by the bus stop, a kettle by the park gate, a glass by the post box. Where did you place the kettle? (a) post box (b) banyan tree (c) fruit cart (d) park gate
  6. 6.🏰 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
  7. 7.🏰 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
  8. 8.🏰 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
  9. 9.🏰 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
  10. 10.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the pomodoro (b) the rhyme method (c) chunking (d) the method of loci
  11. 11.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place an urn by the stairs, a tent by the blackboard, a nest by the classroom door, a violin by the library, a flute by the teacher’s desk. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) tent (b) urn (c) flute (d) nest
  12. 12.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
  13. 13.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
  14. 14.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a cat by the sofa, a rose by the gate, a radio by the shoe rack, an orange by the door, a kettle by the TV. What did you place by the sofa? (a) orange (b) kettle (c) rose (d) cat
  15. 15.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) one you know very well (b) a random new city (c) one you never saw (d) a blank wall
  16. 16.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
  17. 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a net by the playground, an apple by the library, a vase by the classroom door, a monkey by the teacher’s desk, a pillow by the blackboard. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) monkey (b) net (c) vase (d) apple
  18. 18.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place an onion by the bed, a net by the dining table, a glass by the sofa, an umpire by the kitchen, a pillow by the TV. Where did you place the net? (a) sofa (b) TV (c) dining table (d) bed
  19. 19.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a guava by the blackboard, a mango by the teacher’s desk, a key by the notice board, a candle by the stairs, a rope by the classroom door. Where did you place the rope? (a) teacher’s desk (b) classroom door (c) stairs (d) blackboard
  20. 20.🏰 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
  21. 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a radio by the shoe rack, a doll by the TV, a kite by the kitchen, a pencil by the sofa, a vase by the dining table. What did you place by the shoe rack? (a) pencil (b) radio (c) vase (d) kite
  22. 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. 23.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place an ice cream by the blackboard, an apple by the playground, a goat by the library, a whistle by the teacher’s desk, a flute by the classroom door. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) ice cream (b) whistle (c) flute (d) apple
  24. 24.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a kettle by the swing, a banana by the fruit cart, an apple by the park gate, an anchor by the slide, a cat by the banyan tree. Where did you place the banana? (a) swing (b) banyan tree (c) fruit cart (d) park gate
  25. 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a tomato by the slide, an owl by the park gate, a tiger by the bench, a lamp by the swing, a duck by the fruit cart. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) duck (b) owl (c) tiger (d) tomato
  26. 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. 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a watch by the dining table, a rope by the sofa, an onion by the kitchen, an urn by the shoe rack, a pillow by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) onion (b) watch (c) urn (d) pillow
  28. 28.🏰 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
  29. 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a rose by the stairs, a doll by the teacher’s desk, an ant by the classroom door, a ball by the school gate, a kettle by the notice board. What did you place by the school gate? (a) kettle (b) rose (c) ball (d) doll
  30. 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a goat by the park gate, a jeep by the fruit cart, a jug by the bus stop, a vase by the post box, a tiger by the banyan tree. What did you place by the park gate? (a) goat (b) tiger (c) vase (d) jug
  31. 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place an umbrella by the banyan tree, a guava by the fruit cart, a lemon by the swing, a jalebi by the park gate, a banana by the post box. What did you place by the fruit cart? (a) umbrella (b) lemon (c) jalebi (d) guava
  32. 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a flute by the sofa, a nest by the TV, a mango by the door, a jalebi by the shoe rack, a ladder by the dining table. Where did you place the flute? (a) door (b) sofa (c) shoe rack (d) TV
  33. 33.🏰 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 pillow by the fruit cart, an apple by the swing, a jug by the post box, an onion by the banyan tree. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) pillow (b) onion (c) lamp (d) apple
  34. 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place an onion by the kitchen, an ant by the shoe rack, a kettle by the sofa, an anchor by the TV, a kite by the dining table. Where did you place the kettle? (a) dining table (b) kitchen (c) shoe rack (d) sofa
  35. 35.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) to keep the order (b) to make it longer (c) it looks nice (d) no reason
  36. 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place an inkpot by the park gate, a parrot by the swing, a ladder by the slide, a watch by the fruit cart, a needle by the banyan tree. Where did you place the needle? (a) fruit cart (b) banyan tree (c) park gate (d) swing
  37. 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a lamp by the door, a pencil by the shoe rack, an urn by the gate, an ant by the sofa, a duck by the TV. What did you place by the door? (a) pencil (b) duck (c) lamp (d) urn
  38. 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a van by the kitchen, a radio by the sofa, a jeep by the dining table, a shoe by the shoe rack, a mirror by the TV. Where did you place the radio? (a) TV (b) kitchen (c) sofa (d) shoe rack
  39. 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a vase by the gate, a drum by the door, a mango by the sofa, an onion by the TV, a shoe by the shoe rack. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) shoe (b) vase (c) mango (d) onion
  40. 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a rope by the dining table, a parrot by the door, a needle by the sofa, a doll by the TV, a duck by the shoe rack. What did you place by the dining table? (a) rope (b) parrot (c) duck (d) doll

Answer key

  1. yes, with new pictures
  2. step 3
  3. add more stops
  4. fix stops in order
  5. park gate
  6. fix stops in order
  7. choose a place you know
  8. put pictures at stops
  9. put pictures at stops
  10. the method of loci
  11. nest
  12. step 1
  13. step 2
  14. cat
  15. one you know very well
  16. step 4
  17. monkey
  18. dining table
  19. classroom door
  20. choose a place you know
  21. radio
  22. fix stops in order
  23. apple
  24. fruit cart
  25. tomato
  26. choose a place you know
  27. watch
  28. choose a place you know
  29. ball
  30. goat
  31. guava
  32. sofa
  33. onion
  34. sofa
  35. to keep the order
  36. banyan tree
  37. lamp
  38. sofa
  39. onion
  40. rope

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