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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Memory Palace

Memory techniques lesson 15: The memory palace · Set 953 · 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 spoon by the TV, a wallet by the sofa, an owl by the dining table, a sock by the shoe rack, an umpire by the kitchen. What did you place by the kitchen? (a) owl (b) sock (c) umpire (d) spoon
  2. 2.🏰 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
  3. 3.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a shoe by the classroom door, an umbrella by the blackboard, a ladder by the library, a doll by the stairs, a net by the teacher’s desk. Where did you place the umbrella? (a) library (b) classroom door (c) blackboard (d) stairs
  4. 4.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a duck by the teacher’s desk, a lamp by the blackboard, a mango by the stairs, a monkey by the classroom door, a doll by the notice board. Where did you place the doll? (a) notice board (b) classroom door (c) blackboard (d) stairs
  5. 5.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place an ice cream by the slide, a flute by the park gate, a candle by the fruit cart, a frog by the swing, a ladder by the banyan tree. Where did you place the candle? (a) park gate (b) swing (c) banyan tree (d) fruit cart
  6. 6.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a banana by the park gate, a jug by the fruit cart, a tent by the swing, a drum by the banyan tree, a lemon by the slide. What did you place by the park gate? (a) lemon (b) drum (c) jug (d) banana
  7. 7.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a needle by the library, a cat by the classroom door, a frog by the teacher’s desk, an ant by the stairs, a ladder by the blackboard. What did you place by the classroom door? (a) ladder (b) ant (c) needle (d) cat
  8. 8.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
  9. 9.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a tiger by the blackboard, a goat by the stairs, a pencil by the notice board, a duck by the classroom door, a bucket by the teacher’s desk. What did you place by the notice board? (a) tiger (b) duck (c) pencil (d) bucket
  10. 10.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a jug by the fruit cart, a drum by the banyan tree, a guava by the bus stop, an anchor by the park gate, a lamp by the post box. What did you place by the fruit cart? (a) guava (b) anchor (c) drum (d) jug
  11. 11.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
  12. 12.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) only once a year (b) yes, with new pictures (c) only for numbers (d) no, never
  13. 13.🏰 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
  14. 14.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
  15. 15.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a banana by the teacher’s desk, a fan by the library, a rope by the classroom door, a frog by the stairs, a radio by the blackboard. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) fan (b) frog (c) radio (d) banana
  16. 16.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a fan by the stairs, a monkey by the classroom door, a guava by the school gate, a rope by the teacher’s desk, a pillow by the notice board. What did you place by the notice board? (a) fan (b) rope (c) monkey (d) pillow
  17. 17.🏰 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
  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 a pillow by the slide, a glass by the swing, a pencil by the fruit cart, a jalebi by the park gate, a nest by the banyan tree. What did you place by the banyan tree? (a) pillow (b) jalebi (c) pencil (d) nest
  20. 20.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
  21. 21.🏰 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
  22. 22.🏰 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
  23. 23.🏰 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
  24. 24.🏰 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
  25. 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place an onion by the classroom door, a spoon by the blackboard, a nest by the teacher’s desk, an urn by the notice board, an inkpot by the stairs. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) inkpot (b) spoon (c) nest (d) onion
  26. 26.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place an owl by the banyan tree, a duck by the park gate, a tent by the post box, a lamp by the fruit cart, a nest by the swing. What did you place by the park gate? (a) owl (b) tent (c) duck (d) lamp
  27. 27.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the method of loci (b) the rhyme method (c) chunking (d) the pomodoro
  28. 28.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a needle by the shoe rack, a coconut by the gate, an umpire by the TV, an orange by the sofa, a kettle by the door. What did you place by the door? (a) kettle (b) coconut (c) needle (d) umpire
  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 school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a frog by the teacher’s desk, a radio by the classroom door, a tiger by the playground, a van by the library, an anchor by the blackboard. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) van (b) tiger (c) frog (d) anchor
  31. 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place an owl by the gate, a pillow by the TV, a fan by the door, a glass by the sofa, a coconut by the shoe rack. What did you place by the door? (a) owl (b) pillow (c) coconut (d) fan
  32. 32.🏰 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
  33. 33.🏰 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
  34. 34.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a random new city (b) a blank wall (c) one you never saw (d) one you know very well
  35. 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place an owl by the park gate, a monkey by the slide, a jeep by the bench, an anchor by the fruit cart, a tent by the swing. Where did you place the monkey? (a) swing (b) slide (c) fruit cart (d) bench
  36. 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a glass by the teacher’s desk, an umpire by the stairs, a doll by the classroom door, a nest by the blackboard, a fan by the library. Where did you place the nest? (a) teacher’s desk (b) classroom door (c) blackboard (d) library
  37. 37.🏰 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
  38. 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a pencil by the library, a guava by the teacher’s desk, a jalebi by the blackboard, a key by the classroom door, a jug by the playground. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) key (b) guava (c) jalebi (d) jug
  39. 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a monkey by the dining table, an ice cream by the TV, a van by the kitchen, a watch by the shoe rack, an owl by the sofa. What did you place by the shoe rack? (a) monkey (b) van (c) ice cream (d) watch
  40. 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place an apple by the kitchen, a cat by the bed, a radio by the TV, an igloo by the dining table, a tomato by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) tomato (b) cat (c) radio (d) igloo

Answer key

  1. umpire
  2. put pictures at stops
  3. blackboard
  4. notice board
  5. fruit cart
  6. banana
  7. cat
  8. step 4
  9. pencil
  10. jug
  11. step 3
  12. yes, with new pictures
  13. to keep the order
  14. step 2
  15. radio
  16. pillow
  17. choose a place you know
  18. put pictures at stops
  19. nest
  20. step 1
  21. choose a place you know
  22. fix stops in order
  23. fix stops in order
  24. add more stops
  25. onion
  26. duck
  27. the method of loci
  28. kettle
  29. choose a place you know
  30. anchor
  31. fan
  32. choose a place you know
  33. choose a place you know
  34. one you know very well
  35. slide
  36. blackboard
  37. choose a place you know
  38. key
  39. watch
  40. tomato

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