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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Memory Palace

Memory techniques lesson 15: The memory palace · Set 923 · 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.🏰 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
  2. 2.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the rhyme method (b) the pomodoro (c) the method of loci (d) chunking
  3. 3.🏰 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
  4. 4.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) only once a year (b) yes, with new pictures (c) no, never (d) only for numbers
  5. 5.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place an owl by the library, an umpire by the blackboard, a rope by the classroom door, a parrot by the playground, a sock by the teacher’s desk. Where did you place the parrot? (a) teacher’s desk (b) classroom door (c) library (d) playground
  6. 6.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a pencil by the bus stop, a frog by the banyan tree, an ant by the post box, an ice cream by the fruit cart, a spoon by the park gate. What did you place by the banyan tree? (a) ant (b) frog (c) pencil (d) spoon
  7. 7.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) to make it longer (b) to keep the order (c) no reason (d) it looks nice
  8. 8.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a cat by the TV, a tomato by the gate, a radio by the sofa, a net by the door, a key by the shoe rack. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) cat (b) tomato (c) key (d) net
  9. 9.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a rope by the fruit cart, a pillow by the swing, a coconut by the post box, an anchor by the banyan tree, a jug by the park gate. Where did you place the anchor? (a) post box (b) banyan tree (c) swing (d) park gate
  10. 10.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a jug by the sofa, an owl by the dining table, a mango by the shoe rack, an ant by the kitchen, a candle by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) mango (b) owl (c) jug (d) ant
  11. 11.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
  12. 12.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) one you never saw (b) one you know very well (c) a random new city (d) a blank wall
  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.🏰 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
  15. 15.🏰 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
  16. 16.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a fan by the fruit cart, a guava by the slide, a key by the swing, a tomato by the banyan tree, an umpire by the park gate. What did you place by the park gate? (a) guava (b) umpire (c) fan (d) tomato
  17. 17.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
  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: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a shoe by the bench, an umbrella by the slide, a spoon by the fruit cart, a rose by the swing, a coconut by the park gate. What did you place by the park gate? (a) shoe (b) spoon (c) coconut (d) umbrella
  20. 20.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
  21. 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a pencil by the school gate, a radio by the teacher’s desk, a duck by the classroom door, a violin by the notice board, a ball by the stairs. Where did you place the pencil? (a) school gate (b) classroom door (c) stairs (d) teacher’s desk
  22. 22.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
  23. 23.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place an igloo by the stairs, an apple by the library, a fan by the blackboard, a shoe by the teacher’s desk, a drum by the classroom door. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) drum (b) igloo (c) apple (d) fan
  24. 24.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a doll by the swing, a pencil by the bench, a drum by the slide, a wallet by the fruit cart, a net by the park gate. Where did you place the doll? (a) swing (b) fruit cart (c) bench (d) slide
  25. 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a glass by the TV, a goat by the bed, a needle by the dining table, a mirror by the sofa, a doll by the kitchen. Where did you place the doll? (a) bed (b) TV (c) kitchen (d) dining table
  26. 26.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a monkey by the swing, a lemon by the fruit cart, a lamp by the slide, a rose by the park gate, a coconut by the banyan tree. What did you place by the swing? (a) rose (b) monkey (c) lemon (d) lamp
  27. 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a parrot by the shoe rack, an igloo by the dining table, an owl by the door, a violin by the sofa, a rope by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) violin (b) owl (c) igloo (d) parrot
  28. 28.🏰 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 fruit cart, a whistle by the bus stop, a van by the banyan tree, a lemon by the post box, a nest by the park gate. What did you place by the fruit cart? (a) lemon (b) parrot (c) whistle (d) nest
  29. 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a tiger by the sofa, a watch by the TV, an umpire by the door, a guava by the dining table, a goat by the shoe rack. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) goat (b) tiger (c) watch (d) umpire
  30. 30.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) add more stops (b) skip 5 items (c) put all at one stop (d) use no route
  31. 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place an ice cream by the post box, a rose by the park gate, a flute by the banyan tree, a drum by the fruit cart, an igloo by the bus stop. What did you place by the post box? (a) rose (b) ice cream (c) flute (d) drum
  32. 32.🏰 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
  33. 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a frog by the door, a rose by the sofa, a parrot by the shoe rack, a candle by the TV, a needle by the gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) needle (b) rose (c) parrot (d) frog
  34. 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place an onion by the sofa, a lamp by the kitchen, a ladder by the bed, a pencil by the dining table, an ice cream by the TV. What did you place by the bed? (a) pencil (b) ladder (c) ice cream (d) onion
  35. 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a tent by the teacher’s desk, a van by the classroom door, a vase by the blackboard, a ball by the notice board, an apple by the stairs. What did you place by the notice board? (a) vase (b) tent (c) ball (d) van
  36. 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a doll by the swing, a lamp by the slide, a watch by the fruit cart, an anchor by the park gate, a frog by the bench. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) frog (b) doll (c) lamp (d) watch
  37. 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place an umbrella by the classroom door, a kettle by the library, a ball by the teacher’s desk, a glass by the stairs, a candle by the blackboard. What did you place by the stairs? (a) glass (b) umbrella (c) kettle (d) ball
  38. 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a sock by the notice board, a rose by the stairs, a fan by the blackboard, a net by the teacher’s desk, a banana by the classroom door. What did you place by the stairs? (a) net (b) banana (c) fan (d) rose
  39. 39.🏰 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
  40. 40.🏰 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

Answer key

  1. choose a place you know
  2. the method of loci
  3. choose a place you know
  4. yes, with new pictures
  5. playground
  6. frog
  7. to keep the order
  8. tomato
  9. banyan tree
  10. ant
  11. step 2
  12. one you know very well
  13. put pictures at stops
  14. choose a place you know
  15. fix stops in order
  16. umpire
  17. step 3
  18. put pictures at stops
  19. coconut
  20. step 1
  21. school gate
  22. step 4
  23. drum
  24. swing
  25. kitchen
  26. monkey
  27. owl
  28. parrot
  29. umpire
  30. add more stops
  31. ice cream
  32. fix stops in order
  33. parrot
  34. ladder
  35. ball
  36. watch
  37. glass
  38. rose
  39. choose a place you know
  40. choose a place you know

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