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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Memory Palace

Memory techniques lesson 15: The memory palace · Set 728 · 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.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
  2. 2.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a fan by the teacher’s desk, a monkey by the blackboard, a violin by the stairs, a parrot by the classroom door, a doll by the notice board. What did you place by the teacher’s desk? (a) fan (b) monkey (c) parrot (d) doll
  3. 3.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) only for numbers (b) yes, with new pictures (c) no, never (d) only once a year
  4. 4.🏰 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
  5. 5.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
  6. 6.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the rhyme method (b) the method of loci (c) chunking (d) the pomodoro
  7. 7.🏰 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
  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 choose a place you know? (a) put pictures at stops (b) choose a place you know
  10. 10.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a pencil by the library, a spoon by the playground, an umbrella by the teacher’s desk, an anchor by the blackboard, a nest by the classroom door. Where did you place the pencil? (a) library (b) blackboard (c) classroom door (d) playground
  11. 11.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) to make it longer (b) no reason (c) to keep the order (d) it looks nice
  12. 12.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place an inkpot by the dining table, a frog by the kitchen, a cat by the shoe rack, a banana by the sofa, a spoon by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) banana (b) inkpot (c) cat (d) frog
  13. 13.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a needle by the post box, a rose by the fruit cart, a flute by the bus stop, a doll by the park gate, a pencil by the banyan tree. What did you place by the park gate? (a) needle (b) doll (c) pencil (d) flute
  14. 14.🏰 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
  15. 15.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a frog by the fruit cart, a lamp by the park gate, a fan by the bench, an ant by the slide, a candle by the swing. What did you place by the bench? (a) ant (b) frog (c) fan (d) lamp
  16. 16.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
  17. 17.🏰 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
  18. 18.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place an anchor by the school gate, a needle by the teacher’s desk, a jug by the classroom door, a lemon by the notice board, a net by the stairs. What did you place by the teacher’s desk? (a) lemon (b) jug (c) needle (d) anchor
  19. 19.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a drum by the bed, a van by the dining table, a spoon by the sofa, an umbrella by the TV, a ladder by the kitchen. What did you place by the sofa? (a) umbrella (b) spoon (c) ladder (d) van
  20. 20.🏰 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
  21. 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a drum by the park gate, a violin by the swing, a shoe by the bench, a kettle by the fruit cart, a vase by the slide. Where did you place the drum? (a) park gate (b) bench (c) swing (d) fruit cart
  22. 22.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a lemon by the sofa, a whistle by the TV, a wallet by the dining table, a needle by the bed, a doll by the kitchen. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) lemon (b) needle (c) whistle (d) wallet
  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.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a jalebi by the school gate, a duck by the notice board, a vase by the teacher’s desk, an ice cream by the classroom door, a lemon by the stairs. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) lemon (b) jalebi (c) duck (d) ice cream
  25. 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place an inkpot by the shoe rack, a jalebi by the dining table, a tomato by the TV, a bucket by the sofa, a candle by the door. What did you place by the dining table? (a) tomato (b) jalebi (c) inkpot (d) candle
  26. 26.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place an orange by the TV, an umpire by the kitchen, a kettle by the bed, a frog by the dining table, a pillow by the sofa. What did you place by the bed? (a) kettle (b) pillow (c) orange (d) frog
  27. 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place an orange by the door, a kettle by the TV, a tent by the gate, a goat by the shoe rack, a radio by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) orange (b) goat (c) kettle (d) radio
  28. 28.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a drum by the playground, a glass by the library, an inkpot by the classroom door, a nest by the blackboard, a jug by the teacher’s desk. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) nest (b) inkpot (c) drum (d) jug
  29. 29.🏰 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
  30. 30.🏰 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
  31. 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a frog by the door, an anchor by the gate, an umbrella by the shoe rack, a cat by the sofa, a net by the TV. Where did you place the anchor? (a) door (b) shoe rack (c) gate (d) TV
  32. 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a candle by the door, a kettle by the shoe rack, an igloo by the dining table, an umpire by the TV, an apple by the sofa. What did you place by the TV? (a) apple (b) igloo (c) kettle (d) umpire
  33. 33.🏰 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
  34. 34.🏰 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
  35. 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a duck by the classroom door, a tomato by the blackboard, a net by the notice board, an ant by the stairs, a watch by the teacher’s desk. What did you place by the notice board? (a) ant (b) net (c) duck (d) watch
  36. 36.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
  37. 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a ball by the banyan tree, a net by the park gate, an owl by the slide, an onion by the swing, a candle by the fruit cart. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) candle (b) net (c) ball (d) onion
  38. 38.🏰 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 banyan tree, an ant by the post box, a tomato by the bus stop, a jug by the fruit cart, a wallet by the park gate. Where did you place the parrot? (a) post box (b) banyan tree (c) park gate (d) bus stop
  39. 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a net by the classroom door, an orange by the school gate, a glass by the teacher’s desk, an anchor by the stairs, a goat by the notice board. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) anchor (b) glass (c) goat (d) net
  40. 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a key by the fruit cart, a whistle by the post box, a banana by the park gate, a flute by the swing, a tent by the banyan tree. Where did you place the banana? (a) post box (b) fruit cart (c) banyan tree (d) park gate

Answer key

  1. step 1
  2. fan
  3. yes, with new pictures
  4. add more stops
  5. step 4
  6. the method of loci
  7. fix stops in order
  8. put pictures at stops
  9. choose a place you know
  10. library
  11. to keep the order
  12. cat
  13. doll
  14. one you know very well
  15. fan
  16. step 3
  17. put pictures at stops
  18. needle
  19. spoon
  20. choose a place you know
  21. park gate
  22. needle
  23. choose a place you know
  24. duck
  25. jalebi
  26. kettle
  27. radio
  28. drum
  29. fix stops in order
  30. fix stops in order
  31. gate
  32. umpire
  33. fix stops in order
  34. choose a place you know
  35. net
  36. step 2
  37. onion
  38. banyan tree
  39. net
  40. park gate

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