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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Memory Palace

Memory techniques lesson 15: The memory palace · Set 887 · 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 place makes the best memory palace? (a) one you know very well (b) a random new city (c) one you never saw (d) a blank wall
  2. 2.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a pencil by the fruit cart, a pillow by the park gate, a cat by the swing, a whistle by the slide, a key by the banyan tree. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) pillow (b) key (c) whistle (d) pencil
  3. 3.🏰 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
  4. 4.🏰 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
  5. 5.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the rhyme method (b) the pomodoro (c) the method of loci (d) chunking
  6. 6.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) use no route (b) skip 5 items (c) add more stops (d) put all at one stop
  7. 7.🏰 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
  8. 8.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
  9. 9.🏰 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
  10. 10.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
  11. 11.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) to make it longer (b) to keep the order (c) it looks nice (d) no reason
  12. 12.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place an umbrella by the slide, a tiger by the park gate, a flute by the fruit cart, a wallet by the banyan tree, a tent by the swing. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) tiger (b) umbrella (c) flute (d) wallet
  13. 13.🏰 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
  14. 14.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a vase by the shoe rack, an urn by the sofa, a ball by the dining table, an apple by the door, a parrot by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) ball (b) urn (c) parrot (d) vase
  15. 15.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a mango by the banyan tree, a nest by the park gate, a guava by the fruit cart, a jug by the swing, an urn by the post box. Where did you place the mango? (a) swing (b) post box (c) park gate (d) banyan tree
  16. 16.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a monkey by the banyan tree, a pencil by the swing, a bucket by the fruit cart, a frog by the slide, a sock by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) bucket (b) frog (c) pencil (d) sock
  17. 17.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) yes, with new pictures (b) no, never (c) only for numbers (d) only once a year
  18. 18.🏰 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
  19. 19.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a fan by the dining table, an umbrella by the shoe rack, a kettle by the sofa, an owl by the TV, a pencil by the door. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) pencil (b) umbrella (c) owl (d) kettle
  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.🏰 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
  22. 22.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a tiger by the TV, an onion by the shoe rack, a van by the sofa, a kite by the dining table, a lamp by the door. Where did you place the tiger? (a) TV (b) sofa (c) shoe rack (d) dining table
  23. 23.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a tiger by the park gate, an orange by the post box, a frog by the bus stop, a ball by the fruit cart, an apple by the banyan tree. What did you place by the post box? (a) tiger (b) orange (c) frog (d) ball
  24. 24.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a doll by the sofa, a violin by the door, an inkpot by the shoe rack, a key by the TV, a flute by the dining table. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) violin (b) flute (c) inkpot (d) key
  25. 25.🏰 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
  26. 26.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place an umpire by the school gate, an ice cream by the classroom door, an anchor by the notice board, a jug by the teacher’s desk, a net by the stairs. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) anchor (b) net (c) umpire (d) ice cream
  27. 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a tiger by the sofa, a fan by the dining table, a van by the bed, a bucket by the TV, a rope by the kitchen. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) rope (b) fan (c) van (d) bucket
  28. 28.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a coconut by the library, an anchor by the classroom door, a ball by the stairs, a flute by the blackboard, a net by the teacher’s desk. Where did you place the net? (a) library (b) blackboard (c) teacher’s desk (d) stairs
  29. 29.🏰 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
  30. 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a bucket by the dining table, a tomato by the sofa, a van by the kitchen, a lemon by the shoe rack, a jalebi by the TV. What did you place by the TV? (a) van (b) bucket (c) jalebi (d) lemon
  31. 31.🏰 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
  32. 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place an umbrella by the shoe rack, a jug by the sofa, a wallet by the TV, a candle by the dining table, a kettle by the kitchen. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) jug (b) kettle (c) umbrella (d) wallet
  33. 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a cat by the TV, a tiger by the sofa, a candle by the dining table, a sock by the shoe rack, a drum by the door. Where did you place the tiger? (a) door (b) shoe rack (c) dining table (d) sofa
  34. 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a guava by the door, a nest by the shoe rack, a flute by the dining table, a ball by the TV, a coconut by the sofa. Where did you place the coconut? (a) sofa (b) shoe rack (c) door (d) TV
  35. 35.🏰 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
  36. 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place an onion by the teacher’s desk, a guava by the blackboard, an orange by the classroom door, a coconut by the stairs, a drum by the library. Where did you place the drum? (a) blackboard (b) teacher’s desk (c) stairs (d) library
  37. 37.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
  38. 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a nest by the TV, a pencil by the kitchen, a rope by the dining table, a net by the shoe rack, a kite by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) kite (b) net (c) rope (d) pencil
  39. 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a jug by the park gate, a nest by the fruit cart, a frog by the banyan tree, a pencil by the swing, a goat by the post box. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) nest (b) frog (c) jug (d) goat
  40. 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a bucket by the stairs, a spoon by the teacher’s desk, an urn by the blackboard, a shoe by the notice board, a nest by the classroom door. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) bucket (b) urn (c) shoe (d) spoon

Answer key

  1. one you know very well
  2. pillow
  3. fix stops in order
  4. step 1
  5. the method of loci
  6. add more stops
  7. choose a place you know
  8. step 4
  9. fix stops in order
  10. step 3
  11. to keep the order
  12. flute
  13. put pictures at stops
  14. ball
  15. banyan tree
  16. frog
  17. yes, with new pictures
  18. choose a place you know
  19. umbrella
  20. fix stops in order
  21. choose a place you know
  22. TV
  23. orange
  24. key
  25. put pictures at stops
  26. umpire
  27. fan
  28. teacher’s desk
  29. choose a place you know
  30. jalebi
  31. choose a place you know
  32. jug
  33. sofa
  34. sofa
  35. fix stops in order
  36. library
  37. step 2
  38. pencil
  39. goat
  40. urn

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