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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Memory Palace

Memory techniques lesson 15: The memory palace · Set 696 · 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.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a watch by the slide, a tiger by the swing, an ant by the park gate, a glass by the fruit cart, an urn by the bench. Where did you place the ant? (a) slide (b) bench (c) park gate (d) fruit cart
  2. 2.🏰 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
  3. 3.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the method of loci (b) chunking (c) the rhyme method (d) the pomodoro
  4. 4.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a nest by the notice board, a spoon by the blackboard, a ladder by the classroom door, a key by the teacher’s desk, a coconut by the stairs. Where did you place the spoon? (a) classroom door (b) stairs (c) blackboard (d) teacher’s desk
  5. 5.🏰 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
  6. 6.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a duck by the sofa, a tiger by the kitchen, a tent by the dining table, a frog by the TV, an ant by the shoe rack. Where did you place the ant? (a) sofa (b) shoe rack (c) TV (d) dining table
  7. 7.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
  8. 8.🏰 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
  9. 9.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a blank wall (b) a random new city (c) one you know very well (d) one you never saw
  10. 10.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a jug by the bench, a frog by the swing, a duck by the park gate, a sock by the slide, a rope by the fruit cart. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) rope (b) jug (c) duck (d) frog
  11. 11.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) no reason (b) to keep the order (c) to make it longer (d) it looks nice
  12. 12.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a tent by the library, a sock by the classroom door, a goat by the playground, a whistle by the teacher’s desk, an ice cream by the blackboard. Where did you place the ice cream? (a) library (b) teacher’s desk (c) classroom door (d) blackboard
  13. 13.🏰 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
  14. 14.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
  15. 15.🏰 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
  16. 16.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a ball by the shoe rack, a guava by the sofa, a lemon by the kitchen, a coconut by the dining table, an igloo by the TV. Where did you place the guava? (a) dining table (b) kitchen (c) shoe rack (d) sofa
  17. 17.🏰 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
  18. 18.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) add more stops (b) use no route (c) skip 5 items (d) put all at one stop
  19. 19.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a rose by the stairs, a tiger by the blackboard, an apple by the notice board, an umbrella by the classroom door, a coconut by the teacher’s desk. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) rose (b) apple (c) tiger (d) coconut
  20. 20.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a tent by the park gate, a cat by the fruit cart, a net by the slide, an inkpot by the swing, a glass by the bench. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) inkpot (b) glass (c) cat (d) tent
  21. 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a jeep by the post box, a flute by the park gate, an umbrella by the fruit cart, a pencil by the bus stop, an orange by the banyan tree. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) umbrella (b) orange (c) jeep (d) flute
  22. 22.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
  23. 23.🏰 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
  24. 24.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a guava by the TV, a jeep by the kitchen, a net by the dining table, a spoon by the shoe rack, an igloo by the sofa. Where did you place the net? (a) dining table (b) sofa (c) shoe rack (d) kitchen
  25. 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a watch by the banyan tree, a glass by the fruit cart, an anchor by the swing, a doll by the park gate, a jeep by the slide. What did you place by the slide? (a) anchor (b) jeep (c) doll (d) watch
  26. 26.🏰 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
  27. 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a duck by the park gate, a parrot by the slide, a nest by the fruit cart, a whistle by the swing, a jalebi by the banyan tree. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) parrot (b) duck (c) nest (d) whistle
  28. 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. 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place an owl by the fruit cart, a doll by the slide, a duck by the park gate, a van by the swing, a bucket by the banyan tree. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) doll (b) owl (c) duck (d) van
  30. 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a jalebi by the TV, a parrot by the shoe rack, a sock by the kitchen, a flute by the sofa, a radio by the dining table. Where did you place the radio? (a) dining table (b) shoe rack (c) TV (d) sofa
  31. 31.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) only for numbers (b) yes, with new pictures (c) only once a year (d) no, never
  32. 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a doll by the teacher’s desk, a monkey by the notice board, a vase by the stairs, a ladder by the school gate, a spoon by the classroom door. Where did you place the doll? (a) classroom door (b) teacher’s desk (c) notice board (d) school gate
  33. 33.🏰 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
  34. 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a shoe by the park gate, an ice cream by the bench, an onion by the fruit cart, a frog by the swing, a glass by the slide. What did you place by the park gate? (a) glass (b) shoe (c) ice cream (d) frog
  35. 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a pencil by the gate, a van by the TV, an onion by the door, a tent by the sofa, a goat by the shoe rack. Where did you place the van? (a) gate (b) sofa (c) TV (d) shoe rack
  36. 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a jalebi by the TV, a pillow by the sofa, an orange by the dining table, a flute by the kitchen, an owl by the shoe rack. Where did you place the orange? (a) shoe rack (b) sofa (c) dining table (d) kitchen
  37. 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a ball by the TV, an owl by the shoe rack, an anchor by the sofa, a vase by the kitchen, a frog by the dining table. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) owl (b) ball (c) frog (d) anchor
  38. 38.🏰 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
  39. 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a radio by the fruit cart, a needle by the post box, an anchor by the bus stop, a van by the park gate, an ice cream by the banyan tree. Where did you place the radio? (a) park gate (b) fruit cart (c) bus stop (d) banyan tree
  40. 40.🏰 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

Answer key

  1. park gate
  2. put pictures at stops
  3. the method of loci
  4. blackboard
  5. fix stops in order
  6. shoe rack
  7. step 1
  8. fix stops in order
  9. one you know very well
  10. jug
  11. to keep the order
  12. blackboard
  13. step 4
  14. step 2
  15. choose a place you know
  16. sofa
  17. fix stops in order
  18. add more stops
  19. apple
  20. tent
  21. jeep
  22. step 3
  23. choose a place you know
  24. dining table
  25. jeep
  26. choose a place you know
  27. parrot
  28. choose a place you know
  29. duck
  30. dining table
  31. yes, with new pictures
  32. teacher’s desk
  33. fix stops in order
  34. shoe
  35. TV
  36. dining table
  37. anchor
  38. choose a place you know
  39. fruit cart
  40. put pictures at stops

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