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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Memory Palace

Memory techniques lesson 15: The memory palace · Set 713 · 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.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) it looks nice (b) to make it longer (c) no reason (d) to keep the order
  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.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) one you never saw (b) a random new city (c) one you know very well (d) a blank wall
  4. 4.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a tomato by the notice board, an inkpot by the blackboard, an umbrella by the stairs, an igloo by the classroom door, a spoon by the teacher’s desk. What did you place by the notice board? (a) spoon (b) inkpot (c) umbrella (d) tomato
  5. 5.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
  6. 6.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place an inkpot by the banyan tree, a wallet by the park gate, a whistle by the bus stop, a glass by the fruit cart, a cat by the post box. What did you place by the fruit cart? (a) inkpot (b) cat (c) whistle (d) glass
  7. 7.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a tiger by the fruit cart, an ant by the post box, a parrot by the swing, a net by the park gate, a bucket by the banyan tree. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) ant (b) net (c) parrot (d) tiger
  8. 8.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
  9. 9.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the pomodoro (b) the rhyme method (c) chunking (d) the method of loci
  10. 10.🏰 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
  11. 11.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a glass by the fruit cart, an apple by the park gate, a guava by the post box, a van by the banyan tree, a mirror by the bus stop. Where did you place the mirror? (a) fruit cart (b) post box (c) park gate (d) bus stop
  12. 12.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a vase by the door, a ball by the gate, a wallet by the shoe rack, a jeep by the sofa, a pencil by the TV. Where did you place the pencil? (a) sofa (b) gate (c) TV (d) door
  13. 13.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a shoe by the kitchen, an anchor by the sofa, an onion by the dining table, a flute by the TV, a violin by the bed. What did you place by the kitchen? (a) onion (b) shoe (c) violin (d) flute
  14. 14.🏰 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
  15. 15.🏰 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
  16. 16.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a needle by the teacher’s desk, a monkey by the classroom door, a lamp by the school gate, a guava by the notice board, an umbrella by the stairs. What did you place by the notice board? (a) guava (b) umbrella (c) lamp (d) needle
  17. 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a ball by the blackboard, a monkey by the teacher’s desk, an umpire by the stairs, an inkpot by the classroom door, a cat by the notice board. What did you place by the notice board? (a) inkpot (b) ball (c) cat (d) umpire
  18. 18.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a sock by the classroom door, a duck by the playground, a guava by the blackboard, a needle by the teacher’s desk, a kite by the library. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) sock (b) guava (c) needle (d) kite
  19. 19.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) no, never (b) only once a year (c) yes, with new pictures (d) only for numbers
  20. 20.🏰 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
  21. 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a sock by the sofa, a banana by the shoe rack, an umpire by the kitchen, a bucket by the dining table, a pillow by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) sock (b) banana (c) umpire (d) pillow
  22. 22.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a pencil by the bed, a tomato by the dining table, a violin by the kitchen, an inkpot by the TV, a tiger by the sofa. Where did you place the violin? (a) sofa (b) dining table (c) kitchen (d) bed
  23. 23.🏰 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
  24. 24.🏰 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
  25. 25.🏰 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
  26. 26.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
  27. 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a lemon by the kitchen, a jug by the sofa, a monkey by the dining table, a needle by the TV, an owl by the shoe rack. What did you place by the kitchen? (a) monkey (b) needle (c) lemon (d) jug
  28. 28.🏰 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
  29. 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a tent by the blackboard, a needle by the classroom door, a sock by the teacher’s desk, an apple by the stairs, a frog by the notice board. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) frog (b) tent (c) needle (d) apple
  30. 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a guava by the blackboard, a nest by the classroom door, an umbrella by the stairs, a radio by the notice board, a tent by the teacher’s desk. What did you place by the stairs? (a) nest (b) umbrella (c) radio (d) tent
  31. 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a pencil by the swing, a rope by the bench, a duck by the fruit cart, a kettle by the slide, a doll by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) pencil (b) duck (c) rope (d) doll
  32. 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a parrot by the park gate, a radio by the fruit cart, a candle by the post box, a net by the banyan tree, an apple by the swing. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) apple (b) radio (c) parrot (d) net
  33. 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a key by the park gate, a needle by the swing, a mirror by the slide, a van by the bench, a goat by the fruit cart. What did you place by the fruit cart? (a) mirror (b) needle (c) goat (d) van
  34. 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a tent by the notice board, a glass by the school gate, a flute by the teacher’s desk, a frog by the stairs, a lemon by the classroom door. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) tent (b) frog (c) glass (d) lemon
  35. 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a goat by the door, a needle by the sofa, a doll by the TV, a lemon by the gate, a cat by the shoe rack. What did you place by the sofa? (a) doll (b) needle (c) goat (d) lemon
  36. 36.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
  37. 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a duck by the dining table, a lemon by the shoe rack, a rope by the TV, a shoe by the door, an umbrella by the sofa. What did you place by the TV? (a) shoe (b) umbrella (c) rope (d) lemon
  38. 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a needle by the gate, a coconut by the sofa, a ball by the shoe rack, a doll by the door, an owl by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) coconut (b) doll (c) owl (d) needle
  39. 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a guava by the sofa, an onion by the TV, a lemon by the dining table, a jeep by the shoe rack, a mirror by the kitchen. Where did you place the onion? (a) kitchen (b) TV (c) dining table (d) shoe rack
  40. 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a lemon by the dining table, a violin by the TV, an inkpot by the bed, a candle by the kitchen, a pencil by the sofa. What did you place by the bed? (a) violin (b) candle (c) inkpot (d) lemon

Answer key

  1. to keep the order
  2. put pictures at stops
  3. one you know very well
  4. tomato
  5. step 1
  6. glass
  7. tiger
  8. step 4
  9. the method of loci
  10. choose a place you know
  11. bus stop
  12. TV
  13. shoe
  14. put pictures at stops
  15. choose a place you know
  16. guava
  17. cat
  18. kite
  19. yes, with new pictures
  20. add more stops
  21. pillow
  22. kitchen
  23. choose a place you know
  24. fix stops in order
  25. choose a place you know
  26. step 2
  27. lemon
  28. fix stops in order
  29. tent
  30. umbrella
  31. pencil
  32. parrot
  33. goat
  34. frog
  35. needle
  36. step 3
  37. rope
  38. needle
  39. TV
  40. inkpot

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