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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Memory Palace

Memory techniques lesson 15: The memory palace · Set 960 · 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 walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place an orange by the fruit cart, a tomato by the swing, a candle by the slide, a drum by the banyan tree, a fan by the park gate. What did you place by the banyan tree? (a) drum (b) orange (c) fan (d) candle
  2. 2.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place an inkpot by the shoe rack, a fan by the door, an onion by the sofa, a mango by the TV, a tomato by the gate. What did you place by the door? (a) fan (b) inkpot (c) onion (d) tomato
  3. 3.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
  4. 4.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
  5. 5.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the rhyme method (b) the method of loci (c) the pomodoro (d) chunking
  6. 6.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a candle by the door, a goat by the TV, a banana by the gate, a tiger by the shoe rack, a jug by the sofa. Where did you place the jug? (a) gate (b) TV (c) sofa (d) shoe rack
  7. 7.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a glass by the bed, a rose by the dining table, a vase by the TV, an umpire by the kitchen, an apple by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) rose (b) umpire (c) glass (d) apple
  8. 8.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) use no route (b) put all at one stop (c) add more stops (d) skip 5 items
  9. 9.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
  10. 10.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
  11. 11.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a monkey by the notice board, a coconut by the teacher’s desk, a frog by the school gate, a jug by the stairs, a net by the classroom door. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) jug (b) frog (c) net (d) coconut
  12. 12.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) only for numbers (b) only once a year (c) no, never (d) yes, with new pictures
  13. 13.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a monkey by the stairs, a radio by the blackboard, a sock by the teacher’s desk, a banana by the notice board, a vase by the classroom door. Where did you place the sock? (a) stairs (b) notice board (c) blackboard (d) teacher’s desk
  14. 14.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place an igloo by the door, a tent by the sofa, a duck by the TV, a rope by the dining table, a watch by the shoe rack. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) watch (b) duck (c) tent (d) rope
  15. 15.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) no reason (b) to keep the order (c) to make it longer (d) it looks nice
  16. 16.🏰 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 park gate, a mirror by the fruit cart, an igloo by the banyan tree, a duck by the swing, a lemon by the post box. What did you place by the banyan tree? (a) duck (b) lemon (c) igloo (d) mirror
  17. 17.🏰 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
  18. 18.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a violin by the bus stop, a jalebi by the post box, a needle by the park gate, an ice cream by the fruit cart, a kettle by the banyan tree. What did you place by the park gate? (a) ice cream (b) violin (c) jalebi (d) needle
  19. 19.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a sock by the banyan tree, a key by the park gate, a cat by the swing, a ladder by the post box, a jalebi by the fruit cart. Where did you place the sock? (a) banyan tree (b) park gate (c) post box (d) fruit cart
  20. 20.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a cat by the dining table, a tent by the sofa, a whistle by the bed, a net by the kitchen, a doll by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) net (b) doll (c) whistle (d) tent
  21. 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a net by the dining table, a goat by the sofa, an owl by the kitchen, a jeep by the bed, a parrot by the TV. Where did you place the owl? (a) bed (b) TV (c) kitchen (d) dining table
  22. 22.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a goat by the teacher’s desk, a glass by the playground, an apple by the classroom door, a whistle by the library, a jug by the blackboard. Where did you place the jug? (a) playground (b) blackboard (c) library (d) classroom door
  23. 23.🏰 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
  24. 24.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) one you never saw (b) a random new city (c) one you know very well (d) a blank wall
  25. 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a key by the bench, a pencil by the fruit cart, a mirror by the park gate, a drum by the swing, a goat by the slide. What did you place by the park gate? (a) mirror (b) pencil (c) key (d) goat
  26. 26.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a duck by the banyan tree, an inkpot by the fruit cart, a key by the park gate, a doll by the post box, a lemon by the bus stop. What did you place by the banyan tree? (a) doll (b) lemon (c) duck (d) key
  27. 27.🏰 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
  28. 28.🏰 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
  29. 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a doll by the TV, a monkey by the sofa, a duck by the shoe rack, a needle by the gate, a fan by the door. Where did you place the fan? (a) TV (b) gate (c) shoe rack (d) door
  30. 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a violin by the sofa, a tiger by the kitchen, a drum by the shoe rack, a tomato by the TV, a pencil by the dining table. Where did you place the tiger? (a) dining table (b) shoe rack (c) kitchen (d) TV
  31. 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place an igloo by the blackboard, a frog by the classroom door, a monkey by the stairs, a fan by the notice board, a ladder by the teacher’s desk. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) ladder (b) fan (c) frog (d) igloo
  32. 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a banana by the notice board, a drum by the stairs, a monkey by the classroom door, a pillow by the blackboard, a jalebi by the teacher’s desk. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) banana (b) pillow (c) drum (d) jalebi
  33. 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a goat by the TV, a jug by the kitchen, a radio by the sofa, a ladder by the dining table, a fan by the shoe rack. What did you place by the TV? (a) fan (b) ladder (c) goat (d) radio
  34. 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a jalebi by the notice board, a coconut by the teacher’s desk, a violin by the stairs, a van by the school gate, a sock by the classroom door. What did you place by the notice board? (a) violin (b) jalebi (c) van (d) sock
  35. 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a duck by the park gate, a ladder by the fruit cart, a drum by the banyan tree, a tiger by the swing, an urn by the slide. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) drum (b) tiger (c) urn (d) duck
  36. 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a pillow by the TV, a doll by the sofa, a vase by the door, an umpire by the gate, a net by the shoe rack. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) vase (b) net (c) umpire (d) pillow
  37. 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a jeep by the banyan tree, a whistle by the fruit cart, a doll by the park gate, a needle by the post box, a pillow by the swing. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) jeep (b) pillow (c) needle (d) doll
  38. 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a banana by the kitchen, a rose by the TV, a frog by the shoe rack, a nest by the dining table, an umbrella by the sofa. What did you place by the dining table? (a) frog (b) nest (c) rose (d) banana
  39. 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place an umpire by the library, a bucket by the stairs, a monkey by the blackboard, a drum by the teacher’s desk, a key by the classroom door. Where did you place the key? (a) library (b) classroom door (c) blackboard (d) stairs
  40. 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place an inkpot by the blackboard, a shoe by the teacher’s desk, a goat by the stairs, an umpire by the classroom door, an owl by the notice board. Where did you place the shoe? (a) teacher’s desk (b) notice board (c) stairs (d) blackboard

Answer key

  1. drum
  2. fan
  3. step 4
  4. step 3
  5. the method of loci
  6. sofa
  7. umpire
  8. add more stops
  9. step 2
  10. step 1
  11. coconut
  12. yes, with new pictures
  13. teacher’s desk
  14. duck
  15. to keep the order
  16. igloo
  17. choose a place you know
  18. needle
  19. banyan tree
  20. tent
  21. kitchen
  22. blackboard
  23. choose a place you know
  24. one you know very well
  25. mirror
  26. duck
  27. put pictures at stops
  28. fix stops in order
  29. door
  30. kitchen
  31. ladder
  32. jalebi
  33. goat
  34. jalebi
  35. tiger
  36. umpire
  37. pillow
  38. nest
  39. classroom door
  40. teacher’s desk

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