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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Memory Palace

Memory techniques lesson 15: The memory palace · Set 762 · 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) to make it longer (b) it looks nice (c) to keep the order (d) no reason
  2. 2.🏰 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
  3. 3.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a violin by the TV, a mango by the dining table, a lamp by the sofa, a banana by the door, an anchor by the shoe rack. What did you place by the TV? (a) banana (b) anchor (c) mango (d) violin
  4. 4.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a spoon by the gate, a doll by the sofa, an umbrella by the shoe rack, a ladder by the door, an ant by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) ant (b) umbrella (c) spoon (d) ladder
  5. 5.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) only once a year (b) only for numbers (c) no, never (d) yes, with new pictures
  6. 6.🏰 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
  7. 7.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
  8. 8.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
  9. 9.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the method of loci (b) chunking (c) the rhyme method (d) the pomodoro
  10. 10.🏰 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, an onion by the classroom door, a radio by the school gate, a banana by the notice board, a pencil by the stairs. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) pencil (b) banana (c) radio (d) onion
  11. 11.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
  12. 12.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) one you never saw (b) a random new city (c) a blank wall (d) one you know very well
  13. 13.🏰 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
  14. 14.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a coconut by the slide, a tiger by the park gate, a radio by the fruit cart, a needle by the bench, an igloo by the swing. What did you place by the park gate? (a) coconut (b) igloo (c) needle (d) tiger
  15. 15.🏰 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
  16. 16.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a glass by the teacher’s desk, a doll by the blackboard, a fan by the stairs, an urn by the classroom door, an igloo by the library. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) igloo (b) doll (c) urn (d) glass
  17. 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a frog by the blackboard, an inkpot by the stairs, a tomato by the teacher’s desk, a bucket by the notice board, a parrot by the classroom door. Where did you place the bucket? (a) blackboard (b) classroom door (c) notice board (d) teacher’s desk
  18. 18.🏰 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
  19. 19.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place an umpire by the banyan tree, an urn by the park gate, a ladder by the fruit cart, a drum by the swing, an ant by the slide. Where did you place the urn? (a) swing (b) fruit cart (c) park gate (d) slide
  20. 20.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a tomato by the TV, a sock by the bed, a radio by the sofa, a shoe by the dining table, an onion by the kitchen. What did you place by the sofa? (a) radio (b) onion (c) sock (d) tomato
  21. 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a mirror by the fruit cart, a tomato by the slide, a wallet by the park gate, an anchor by the bench, an apple by the swing. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) mirror (b) wallet (c) apple (d) anchor
  22. 22.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a tent by the TV, a frog by the shoe rack, a goat by the dining table, an inkpot by the kitchen, a duck by the sofa. What did you place by the shoe rack? (a) duck (b) frog (c) inkpot (d) goat
  23. 23.🏰 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
  24. 24.🏰 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
  25. 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a spoon by the playground, an umbrella by the blackboard, a key by the library, a ball by the teacher’s desk, an ant by the classroom door. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) key (b) ant (c) ball (d) spoon
  26. 26.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a frog by the dining table, a bucket by the TV, an onion by the kitchen, an ant by the bed, a ladder by the sofa. Where did you place the frog? (a) dining table (b) TV (c) bed (d) kitchen
  27. 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a coconut by the blackboard, a candle by the teacher’s desk, a guava by the library, a tomato by the classroom door, a drum by the stairs. What did you place by the blackboard? (a) coconut (b) candle (c) guava (d) drum
  28. 28.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place an apple by the library, a watch by the playground, an owl by the classroom door, a kettle by the blackboard, a whistle by the teacher’s desk. Where did you place the whistle? (a) playground (b) blackboard (c) library (d) teacher’s desk
  29. 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place an orange by the stairs, a drum by the classroom door, a ladder by the teacher’s desk, a frog by the notice board, a doll by the school gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) drum (b) frog (c) doll (d) ladder
  30. 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a duck by the TV, a sock by the shoe rack, a banana by the sofa, a van by the dining table, a parrot by the door. Where did you place the banana? (a) sofa (b) shoe rack (c) door (d) dining table
  31. 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a lemon by the notice board, a wallet by the blackboard, an inkpot by the stairs, a shoe by the teacher’s desk, an ice cream by the classroom door. Where did you place the lemon? (a) notice board (b) classroom door (c) blackboard (d) stairs
  32. 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a flute by the stairs, a whistle by the school gate, a glass by the notice board, a pencil by the classroom door, a doll by the teacher’s desk. What did you place by the school gate? (a) glass (b) doll (c) whistle (d) flute
  33. 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a ladder by the kitchen, a pencil by the sofa, a bucket by the bed, a sock by the TV, an owl by the dining table. Where did you place the ladder? (a) sofa (b) TV (c) kitchen (d) bed
  34. 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a shoe by the door, a violin by the TV, an orange by the shoe rack, a cat by the gate, a doll by the sofa. What did you place by the door? (a) cat (b) violin (c) shoe (d) orange
  35. 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a bucket by the TV, an igloo by the door, a jalebi by the shoe rack, a key by the gate, an anchor by the sofa. What did you place by the sofa? (a) key (b) igloo (c) bucket (d) anchor
  36. 36.🏰 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 post box, an orange by the fruit cart, a mango by the park gate, a kettle by the swing, a nest by the banyan tree. Where did you place the orange? (a) fruit cart (b) banyan tree (c) park gate (d) swing
  37. 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a tiger by the teacher’s desk, a jeep by the notice board, an ice cream by the classroom door, a vase by the stairs, a lemon by the school gate. What did you place by the school gate? (a) lemon (b) vase (c) ice cream (d) tiger
  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.🏰 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
  40. 40.🏰 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

Answer key

  1. to keep the order
  2. step 1
  3. violin
  4. ladder
  5. yes, with new pictures
  6. choose a place you know
  7. step 4
  8. step 2
  9. the method of loci
  10. banana
  11. step 3
  12. one you know very well
  13. add more stops
  14. tiger
  15. fix stops in order
  16. doll
  17. notice board
  18. put pictures at stops
  19. park gate
  20. radio
  21. anchor
  22. frog
  23. fix stops in order
  24. fix stops in order
  25. spoon
  26. dining table
  27. coconut
  28. teacher’s desk
  29. ladder
  30. sofa
  31. notice board
  32. whistle
  33. kitchen
  34. shoe
  35. anchor
  36. fruit cart
  37. lemon
  38. choose a place you know
  39. put pictures at stops
  40. choose a place you know

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