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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Memory Palace

Memory techniques lesson 15: The memory palace · Set 843 · 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 home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a wallet by the sofa, a duck by the kitchen, an urn by the TV, a mirror by the dining table, a sock by the shoe rack. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) duck (b) sock (c) urn (d) wallet
  2. 2.🏰 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
  3. 3.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) skip 5 items (b) add more stops (c) use no route (d) put all at one stop
  4. 4.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a vase by the TV, a shoe by the shoe rack, a guava by the dining table, an inkpot by the sofa, a tent by the kitchen. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) vase (b) tent (c) shoe (d) guava
  5. 5.🏰 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
  6. 6.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) to keep the order (b) it looks nice (c) no reason (d) to make it longer
  7. 7.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
  8. 8.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place an umpire by the slide, a coconut by the bench, a sock by the swing, a spoon by the fruit cart, a goat by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) coconut (b) goat (c) umpire (d) sock
  9. 9.🏰 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
  10. 10.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a rose by the banyan tree, a shoe by the park gate, an owl by the fruit cart, an ant by the swing, a key by the slide. Where did you place the shoe? (a) park gate (b) slide (c) banyan tree (d) swing
  11. 11.🏰 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
  12. 12.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a kettle by the classroom door, an apple by the playground, a wallet by the blackboard, a mirror by the library, a sock by the teacher’s desk. Where did you place the sock? (a) library (b) classroom door (c) playground (d) teacher’s desk
  13. 13.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the method of loci (b) chunking (c) the pomodoro (d) the rhyme method
  14. 14.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a wallet by the park gate, a needle by the swing, a bucket by the banyan tree, a pillow by the slide, a drum by the fruit cart. What did you place by the park gate? (a) needle (b) pillow (c) wallet (d) bucket
  15. 15.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a flute by the school gate, an umpire by the stairs, a rope by the notice board, a pillow by the classroom door, a pencil by the teacher’s desk. What did you place by the notice board? (a) pencil (b) rope (c) pillow (d) umpire
  16. 16.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a watch by the blackboard, a whistle by the teacher’s desk, a radio by the classroom door, a bucket by the library, a shoe by the stairs. What did you place by the library? (a) shoe (b) radio (c) bucket (d) watch
  17. 17.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
  18. 18.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a lamp by the post box, a whistle by the banyan tree, a ball by the park gate, a key by the fruit cart, a banana by the bus stop. Where did you place the whistle? (a) bus stop (b) fruit cart (c) post box (d) banyan tree
  19. 19.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a random new city (b) one you know very well (c) one you never saw (d) a blank wall
  20. 20.🏰 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
  21. 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a candle by the sofa, a jalebi by the TV, a nest by the door, a guava by the gate, a pencil by the shoe rack. Where did you place the pencil? (a) gate (b) TV (c) door (d) shoe rack
  22. 22.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place an ant by the classroom door, an orange by the notice board, a glass by the school gate, a rope by the teacher’s desk, a banana by the stairs. What did you place by the notice board? (a) orange (b) ant (c) rope (d) banana
  23. 23.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a pencil by the stairs, an apple by the classroom door, a rose by the notice board, an urn by the teacher’s desk, an onion by the blackboard. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) urn (b) rose (c) pencil (d) apple
  24. 24.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place an owl by the shoe rack, a guava by the dining table, a goat by the sofa, an umbrella by the TV, a rose by the door. Where did you place the rose? (a) TV (b) dining table (c) sofa (d) door
  25. 25.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) no, never (b) yes, with new pictures (c) only for numbers (d) only once a year
  26. 26.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place an umbrella by the banyan tree, a tiger by the park gate, a tomato by the fruit cart, a parrot by the bus stop, a net by the post box. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) umbrella (b) parrot (c) tiger (d) net
  27. 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a goat by the banyan tree, a needle by the park gate, a fan by the swing, a sock by the slide, a watch by the fruit cart. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) fan (b) watch (c) goat (d) needle
  28. 28.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a fan by the sofa, a ball by the dining table, an ant by the shoe rack, a shoe by the TV, an ice cream by the door. What did you place by the dining table? (a) shoe (b) ball (c) fan (d) ice cream
  29. 29.🏰 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
  30. 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a radio by the bench, a pencil by the park gate, a duck by the swing, a drum by the slide, an ant by the fruit cart. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) pencil (b) drum (c) duck (d) ant
  31. 31.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
  32. 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place an ant by the notice board, a pillow by the classroom door, a bucket by the teacher’s desk, a whistle by the school gate, a candle by the stairs. What did you place by the school gate? (a) pillow (b) ant (c) whistle (d) candle
  33. 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a shoe by the fruit cart, a bucket by the post box, a tent by the banyan tree, a radio by the bus stop, an ice cream by the park gate. What did you place by the bus stop? (a) tent (b) bucket (c) radio (d) shoe
  34. 34.🏰 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
  35. 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a frog by the shoe rack, a flute by the gate, a kettle by the sofa, a candle by the door, a drum by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) kettle (b) frog (c) candle (d) flute
  36. 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a jug by the fruit cart, a pillow by the swing, an orange by the slide, a ball by the park gate, a lemon by the banyan tree. What did you place by the fruit cart? (a) jug (b) lemon (c) orange (d) ball
  37. 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a violin by the shoe rack, a net by the TV, a candle by the sofa, a flute by the dining table, a pencil by the kitchen. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) candle (b) violin (c) net (d) flute
  38. 38.🏰 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
  39. 39.🏰 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
  40. 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a ladder by the banyan tree, a mango by the fruit cart, a flute by the bus stop, a mirror by the post box, a tent by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) mirror (b) tent (c) mango (d) ladder

Answer key

  1. sock
  2. choose a place you know
  3. add more stops
  4. shoe
  5. fix stops in order
  6. to keep the order
  7. step 4
  8. sock
  9. put pictures at stops
  10. park gate
  11. choose a place you know
  12. teacher’s desk
  13. the method of loci
  14. wallet
  15. rope
  16. bucket
  17. step 3
  18. banyan tree
  19. one you know very well
  20. fix stops in order
  21. shoe rack
  22. orange
  23. pencil
  24. door
  25. yes, with new pictures
  26. parrot
  27. needle
  28. ball
  29. step 1
  30. duck
  31. step 2
  32. whistle
  33. radio
  34. put pictures at stops
  35. candle
  36. jug
  37. violin
  38. choose a place you know
  39. choose a place you know
  40. tent

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