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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Memory Palace

Memory techniques lesson 15: The memory palace · Set 881 · 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) no reason (c) to keep the order (d) to make it longer
  2. 2.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a bucket by the teacher’s desk, a frog by the classroom door, a flute by the library, an ice cream by the blackboard, a vase by the playground. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) ice cream (b) vase (c) frog (d) bucket
  3. 3.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) put all at one stop (b) add more stops (c) use no route (d) skip 5 items
  4. 4.🏰 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
  5. 5.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
  6. 6.🏰 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
  7. 7.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) no, never (b) only for numbers (c) yes, with new pictures (d) only once a year
  8. 8.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a doll by the blackboard, a fan by the teacher’s desk, an ant by the classroom door, a bucket by the playground, a tent by the library. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) ant (b) doll (c) bucket (d) tent
  9. 9.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a net by the fruit cart, a guava by the swing, a rope by the bench, a van by the slide, a sock by the park gate. What did you place by the fruit cart? (a) sock (b) guava (c) rope (d) net
  10. 10.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
  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 mirror by the park gate, a wallet by the post box, a rope by the bus stop, a nest by the banyan tree, a net by the fruit cart. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) net (b) wallet (c) mirror (d) nest
  12. 12.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the pomodoro (b) the rhyme method (c) chunking (d) the method of loci
  13. 13.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a lamp by the door, a kettle by the sofa, an ice cream by the shoe rack, a rope by the TV, an urn by the dining table. Where did you place the ice cream? (a) door (b) dining table (c) shoe rack (d) sofa
  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.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a fan by the teacher’s desk, a watch by the blackboard, a tent by the library, a banana by the playground, an owl by the classroom door. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) watch (b) fan (c) owl (d) banana
  16. 16.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a pencil by the blackboard, an ice cream by the teacher’s desk, a fan by the stairs, a bucket by the library, a banana by the classroom door. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) fan (b) banana (c) bucket (d) pencil
  17. 17.🏰 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
  18. 18.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
  19. 19.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a wallet by the teacher’s desk, a mirror by the stairs, a duck by the classroom door, a doll by the library, a needle by the blackboard. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) duck (b) needle (c) doll (d) wallet
  20. 20.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a vase by the bus stop, a jalebi by the post box, a kettle by the banyan tree, a bucket by the park gate, a rose by the fruit cart. What did you place by the banyan tree? (a) kettle (b) vase (c) rose (d) jalebi
  21. 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a drum by the shoe rack, a goat by the gate, a fan by the sofa, a jeep by the TV, a pencil by the door. What did you place by the shoe rack? (a) pencil (b) drum (c) goat (d) fan
  22. 22.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a blank wall (b) one you know very well (c) one you never saw (d) a random new city
  23. 23.🏰 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
  24. 24.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a ball by the fruit cart, an ant by the banyan tree, a nest by the park gate, a banana by the swing, a pillow by the post box. Where did you place the banana? (a) swing (b) post box (c) fruit cart (d) park gate
  25. 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a wallet by the fruit cart, an ant by the slide, a parrot by the bench, an umbrella by the park gate, a doll by the swing. Where did you place the umbrella? (a) swing (b) slide (c) fruit cart (d) park gate
  26. 26.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a monkey by the door, a ladder by the shoe rack, a flute by the sofa, a radio by the gate, an ant by the TV. Where did you place the monkey? (a) door (b) sofa (c) shoe rack (d) gate
  27. 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a lamp by the school gate, a coconut by the teacher’s desk, a radio by the stairs, a needle by the classroom door, a vase by the notice board. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) radio (b) coconut (c) needle (d) vase
  28. 28.🏰 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
  29. 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a tiger by the sofa, a goat by the dining table, a kite by the shoe rack, a tomato by the kitchen, a jalebi by the TV. What did you place by the kitchen? (a) jalebi (b) kite (c) tomato (d) tiger
  30. 30.🏰 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
  31. 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a kettle by the stairs, a bucket by the blackboard, an apple by the teacher’s desk, an umpire by the classroom door, a needle by the library. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) umpire (b) kettle (c) bucket (d) apple
  32. 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a tent by the door, a kettle by the TV, a shoe by the dining table, a jug by the shoe rack, a cat by the sofa. What did you place by the sofa? (a) kettle (b) cat (c) tent (d) jug
  33. 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place an urn by the door, a watch by the TV, a pillow by the gate, a shoe by the shoe rack, a needle by the sofa. Where did you place the needle? (a) door (b) shoe rack (c) gate (d) sofa
  34. 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a kettle by the teacher’s desk, a lamp by the library, a jug by the classroom door, an ice cream by the blackboard, an urn by the stairs. Where did you place the urn? (a) stairs (b) classroom door (c) blackboard (d) library
  35. 35.🏰 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
  36. 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a net by the banyan tree, an umpire by the park gate, a wallet by the bus stop, a duck by the post box, a parrot by the fruit cart. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) wallet (b) net (c) duck (d) parrot
  37. 37.🏰 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
  38. 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place an owl by the blackboard, an umpire by the classroom door, a goat by the stairs, a drum by the teacher’s desk, a doll by the notice board. Where did you place the umpire? (a) teacher’s desk (b) classroom door (c) blackboard (d) notice board
  39. 39.🏰 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
  40. 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a bucket by the door, an inkpot by the TV, a goat by the shoe rack, a banana by the sofa, a radio by the dining table. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) radio (b) bucket (c) banana (d) inkpot

Answer key

  1. to keep the order
  2. ice cream
  3. add more stops
  4. step 1
  5. step 4
  6. choose a place you know
  7. yes, with new pictures
  8. doll
  9. net
  10. step 2
  11. net
  12. the method of loci
  13. shoe rack
  14. put pictures at stops
  15. banana
  16. pencil
  17. fix stops in order
  18. step 3
  19. wallet
  20. kettle
  21. drum
  22. one you know very well
  23. put pictures at stops
  24. swing
  25. park gate
  26. door
  27. vase
  28. choose a place you know
  29. tomato
  30. choose a place you know
  31. apple
  32. cat
  33. sofa
  34. stairs
  35. fix stops in order
  36. net
  37. fix stops in order
  38. classroom door
  39. fix stops in order
  40. inkpot

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