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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Memory Palace

Memory techniques lesson 15: The memory palace · Set 705 · 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) yes, with new pictures (b) only for numbers (c) only once a year (d) no, never
  2. 2.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) chunking (b) the pomodoro (c) the rhyme method (d) the method of loci
  3. 3.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) add more stops (b) skip 5 items (c) put all at one stop (d) use no route
  4. 4.🏰 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
  5. 5.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
  6. 6.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a guava by the door, an inkpot by the TV, a bucket by the shoe rack, a kettle by the gate, a mango by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) guava (b) inkpot (c) kettle (d) bucket
  7. 7.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place an urn by the door, a bucket by the gate, a watch by the TV, a goat by the shoe rack, a monkey by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) monkey (b) goat (c) watch (d) urn
  8. 8.🏰 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
  9. 9.🏰 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
  10. 10.🏰 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
  11. 11.🏰 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
  12. 12.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a rope by the fruit cart, a vase by the slide, a jeep by the banyan tree, a flute by the park gate, a tent by the swing. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) rope (b) flute (c) tent (d) vase
  13. 13.🏰 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
  14. 14.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
  15. 15.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
  16. 16.🏰 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
  17. 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place an apple by the park gate, a mango by the banyan tree, a doll by the fruit cart, a wallet by the post box, a duck by the swing. What did you place by the banyan tree? (a) apple (b) mango (c) wallet (d) doll
  18. 18.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a mirror by the swing, a drum by the fruit cart, a duck by the bench, a candle by the slide, an ant by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) duck (b) drum (c) mirror (d) candle
  19. 19.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a tomato by the stairs, a mirror by the teacher’s desk, an urn by the school gate, a ball by the notice board, a nest by the classroom door. What did you place by the notice board? (a) urn (b) nest (c) ball (d) mirror
  20. 20.🏰 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
  21. 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a wallet by the stairs, a sock by the classroom door, a parrot by the teacher’s desk, a drum by the blackboard, an umpire by the notice board. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) drum (b) wallet (c) parrot (d) sock
  22. 22.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a lemon by the playground, a sock by the teacher’s desk, a coconut by the blackboard, a watch by the library, a spoon by the classroom door. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) lemon (b) spoon (c) watch (d) coconut
  23. 23.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) no reason (b) it looks nice (c) to make it longer (d) to keep the order
  24. 24.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a violin by the sofa, an apple by the dining table, a nest by the bed, a frog by the kitchen, a drum by the TV. Where did you place the drum? (a) bed (b) kitchen (c) dining table (d) TV
  25. 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a pencil by the stairs, a rope by the library, a radio by the blackboard, an ant by the teacher’s desk, an umbrella by the classroom door. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) radio (b) rope (c) ant (d) pencil
  26. 26.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place an umbrella by the door, a tiger by the shoe rack, a lamp by the TV, an ant by the sofa, a bucket by the gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) ant (b) umbrella (c) bucket (d) lamp
  27. 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place an onion by the fruit cart, a doll by the swing, a jeep by the park gate, a drum by the slide, a shoe by the bench. Where did you place the jeep? (a) slide (b) bench (c) swing (d) park gate
  28. 28.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
  29. 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a monkey by the park gate, a cat by the slide, a tomato by the banyan tree, a spoon by the fruit cart, a jug by the swing. What did you place by the fruit cart? (a) jug (b) spoon (c) monkey (d) tomato
  30. 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place an igloo by the TV, a cat by the shoe rack, an apple by the door, an inkpot by the sofa, a banana by the gate. Where did you place the inkpot? (a) gate (b) sofa (c) door (d) TV
  31. 31.🏰 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
  32. 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place an umpire by the park gate, a coconut by the fruit cart, a jug by the bench, an onion by the slide, a candle by the swing. What did you place by the park gate? (a) coconut (b) umpire (c) onion (d) jug
  33. 33.🏰 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
  34. 34.🏰 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
  35. 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a bucket by the stairs, a pencil by the notice board, a tent by the teacher’s desk, a key by the school gate, an inkpot by the classroom door. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) key (b) bucket (c) pencil (d) tent
  36. 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a tent by the swing, a needle by the park gate, a coconut by the slide, a pencil by the bench, a doll by the fruit cart. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) tent (b) coconut (c) doll (d) needle
  37. 37.🏰 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
  38. 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a shoe by the classroom door, a ladder by the notice board, a wallet by the stairs, a jalebi by the teacher’s desk, an inkpot by the blackboard. What did you place by the classroom door? (a) ladder (b) wallet (c) inkpot (d) shoe
  39. 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place an igloo by the park gate, a frog by the post box, a fan by the banyan tree, an apple by the swing, a shoe by the fruit cart. What did you place by the park gate? (a) igloo (b) apple (c) fan (d) shoe
  40. 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a mango by the shoe rack, a duck by the TV, a coconut by the sofa, an orange by the door, a kettle by the dining table. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) kettle (b) mango (c) orange (d) coconut

Answer key

  1. yes, with new pictures
  2. the method of loci
  3. add more stops
  4. fix stops in order
  5. step 2
  6. bucket
  7. urn
  8. put pictures at stops
  9. put pictures at stops
  10. fix stops in order
  11. one you know very well
  12. rope
  13. fix stops in order
  14. step 4
  15. step 1
  16. fix stops in order
  17. mango
  18. candle
  19. ball
  20. choose a place you know
  21. sock
  22. watch
  23. to keep the order
  24. TV
  25. rope
  26. ant
  27. park gate
  28. step 3
  29. spoon
  30. sofa
  31. choose a place you know
  32. umpire
  33. choose a place you know
  34. choose a place you know
  35. pencil
  36. doll
  37. choose a place you know
  38. shoe
  39. igloo
  40. coconut

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