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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Memory Palace

Memory techniques lesson 15: The memory palace · Set 956 · 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: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place an apple by the sofa, an umpire by the gate, a jalebi by the shoe rack, an ice cream by the TV, a rope by the door. Where did you place the apple? (a) gate (b) TV (c) shoe rack (d) sofa
  2. 2.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a mirror by the library, an onion by the classroom door, a violin by the stairs, a key by the blackboard, a coconut by the teacher’s desk. What did you place by the stairs? (a) violin (b) mirror (c) key (d) coconut
  3. 3.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) chunking (b) the method of loci (c) the rhyme method (d) the pomodoro
  4. 4.🏰 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
  5. 5.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
  6. 6.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a mirror by the park gate, a duck by the slide, a flute by the fruit cart, a doll by the swing, a whistle by the banyan tree. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) mirror (b) whistle (c) duck (d) doll
  7. 7.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) no reason (b) to keep the order (c) it looks nice (d) to make it longer
  8. 8.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) put all at one stop (b) use no route (c) skip 5 items (d) add more stops
  9. 9.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a kettle by the library, a cat by the playground, a drum by the blackboard, a pencil by the teacher’s desk, an owl by the classroom door. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) kettle (b) pencil (c) owl (d) cat
  10. 10.🏰 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
  11. 11.🏰 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
  12. 12.🏰 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
  13. 13.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a van by the sofa, a tomato by the dining table, a candle by the kitchen, a tent by the TV, a fan by the shoe rack. Where did you place the fan? (a) sofa (b) kitchen (c) shoe rack (d) TV
  14. 14.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
  15. 15.🏰 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
  16. 16.🏰 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 post box, a candle by the banyan tree, a monkey by the fruit cart, a wallet by the park gate, a net by the bus stop. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) candle (b) wallet (c) net (d) jug
  17. 17.🏰 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
  18. 18.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a blank wall (b) a random new city (c) one you never saw (d) one you know very well
  19. 19.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
  20. 20.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a key by the classroom door, a mango by the stairs, a rose by the teacher’s desk, a lamp by the notice board, a cat by the blackboard. Where did you place the cat? (a) stairs (b) blackboard (c) teacher’s desk (d) classroom door
  21. 21.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
  22. 22.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a doll by the park gate, a rose by the post box, a nest by the banyan tree, a jug by the fruit cart, a banana by the bus stop. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) rose (b) banana (c) jug (d) nest
  23. 23.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a vase by the sofa, a candle by the door, an ice cream by the TV, a tomato by the dining table, an ant by the shoe rack. Where did you place the ant? (a) sofa (b) TV (c) door (d) shoe rack
  24. 24.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a monkey by the playground, a jalebi by the classroom door, an ice cream by the teacher’s desk, a frog by the blackboard, a pillow by the library. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) jalebi (b) frog (c) monkey (d) pillow
  25. 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a ladder by the swing, an apple by the park gate, a pillow by the fruit cart, a lemon by the banyan tree, a tomato by the slide. What did you place by the park gate? (a) ladder (b) tomato (c) lemon (d) apple
  26. 26.🏰 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
  27. 27.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) only once a year (b) no, never (c) yes, with new pictures (d) only for numbers
  28. 28.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a mango by the school gate, a vase by the notice board, a ladder by the teacher’s desk, a tiger by the classroom door, a violin by the stairs. Where did you place the mango? (a) school gate (b) stairs (c) classroom door (d) teacher’s desk
  29. 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place an anchor by the TV, a rope by the door, a nest by the dining table, a flute by the shoe rack, an ant by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) nest (b) ant (c) flute (d) rope
  30. 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a radio by the bed, an anchor by the TV, a sock by the dining table, a rope by the sofa, a candle by the kitchen. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) radio (b) rope (c) candle (d) anchor
  31. 31.🏰 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 swing, an umpire by the fruit cart, a lemon by the post box, a lamp by the park gate, a van by the banyan tree. Where did you place the van? (a) fruit cart (b) park gate (c) banyan tree (d) post box
  32. 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a whistle by the fruit cart, a rope by the post box, a net by the banyan tree, an umbrella by the park gate, a pillow by the bus stop. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) umbrella (b) rope (c) whistle (d) pillow
  33. 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a shoe by the dining table, a glass by the TV, a frog by the kitchen, a duck by the sofa, a parrot by the shoe rack. Where did you place the frog? (a) dining table (b) kitchen (c) sofa (d) shoe rack
  34. 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a monkey by the playground, a glass by the library, a doll by the teacher’s desk, a radio by the blackboard, a coconut by the classroom door. What did you place by the classroom door? (a) monkey (b) coconut (c) glass (d) radio
  35. 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a shoe by the post box, a net by the fruit cart, an ant by the swing, a van by the park gate, a pillow by the banyan tree. Where did you place the ant? (a) swing (b) post box (c) fruit cart (d) banyan tree
  36. 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a key by the teacher’s desk, an anchor by the stairs, a radio by the classroom door, a rope by the school gate, a goat by the notice board. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) key (b) anchor (c) goat (d) rope
  37. 37.🏰 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
  38. 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place an ice cream by the TV, a rose by the gate, an umbrella by the shoe rack, a whistle by the door, a jug by the sofa. Where did you place the whistle? (a) shoe rack (b) door (c) sofa (d) TV
  39. 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a mirror by the teacher’s desk, a shoe by the notice board, a lamp by the classroom door, a whistle by the school gate, a pillow by the stairs. Where did you place the whistle? (a) notice board (b) stairs (c) school gate (d) teacher’s desk
  40. 40.🏰 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

Answer key

  1. sofa
  2. violin
  3. the method of loci
  4. fix stops in order
  5. step 4
  6. whistle
  7. to keep the order
  8. add more stops
  9. kettle
  10. put pictures at stops
  11. choose a place you know
  12. choose a place you know
  13. shoe rack
  14. step 1
  15. choose a place you know
  16. wallet
  17. fix stops in order
  18. one you know very well
  19. step 2
  20. blackboard
  21. step 3
  22. nest
  23. shoe rack
  24. jalebi
  25. apple
  26. choose a place you know
  27. yes, with new pictures
  28. school gate
  29. ant
  30. anchor
  31. banyan tree
  32. rope
  33. kitchen
  34. coconut
  35. swing
  36. key
  37. choose a place you know
  38. door
  39. school gate
  40. put pictures at stops

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