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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Memory Palace

Memory techniques lesson 15: The memory palace · Set 982 · 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.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) to keep the order (b) it looks nice (c) to make it longer (d) no reason
  2. 2.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
  3. 3.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a tiger by the classroom door, an onion by the blackboard, an inkpot by the playground, a jug by the library, a goat by the teacher’s desk. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) onion (b) goat (c) jug (d) inkpot
  4. 4.🏰 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
  5. 5.🏰 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
  6. 6.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
  7. 7.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a rope by the sofa, a spoon by the dining table, a lemon by the shoe rack, a ladder by the TV, a needle by the kitchen. Where did you place the lemon? (a) shoe rack (b) TV (c) dining table (d) kitchen
  8. 8.🏰 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
  9. 9.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a wallet by the sofa, an urn by the shoe rack, a duck by the gate, an ice cream by the TV, a pillow by the door. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) ice cream (b) urn (c) pillow (d) wallet
  10. 10.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
  11. 11.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a cat by the sofa, a whistle by the kitchen, a mirror by the dining table, a bucket by the bed, an orange by the TV. What did you place by the dining table? (a) whistle (b) mirror (c) cat (d) orange
  12. 12.🏰 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
  13. 13.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) one you know very well (b) a blank wall (c) a random new city (d) one you never saw
  14. 14.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a vase by the TV, an umpire by the shoe rack, a fan by the sofa, a guava by the gate, a tiger by the door. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) fan (b) guava (c) tiger (d) umpire
  15. 15.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) only for numbers (b) only once a year (c) yes, with new pictures (d) no, never
  16. 16.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a lemon by the TV, a cat by the gate, a ladder by the sofa, an owl by the door, a shoe by the shoe rack. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) ladder (b) lemon (c) shoe (d) cat
  17. 17.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the method of loci (b) the rhyme method (c) chunking (d) the pomodoro
  18. 18.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place an ice cream by the TV, a tiger by the kitchen, a candle by the sofa, a watch by the dining table, an owl by the bed. What did you place by the TV? (a) watch (b) candle (c) ice cream (d) tiger
  19. 19.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a van by the post box, an ice cream by the bus stop, a bucket by the park gate, a duck by the fruit cart, a net by the banyan tree. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) bucket (b) duck (c) net (d) van
  20. 20.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a parrot by the teacher’s desk, a glass by the blackboard, a sock by the stairs, a rose by the classroom door, a cat by the notice board. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) parrot (b) sock (c) glass (d) cat
  21. 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a tent by the fruit cart, an anchor by the banyan tree, a shoe by the park gate, a fan by the bus stop, a nest by the post box. Where did you place the tent? (a) bus stop (b) park gate (c) post box (d) fruit cart
  22. 22.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a watch by the slide, a wallet by the swing, an ant by the park gate, a glass by the banyan tree, a frog by the fruit cart. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) watch (b) glass (c) wallet (d) ant
  23. 23.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a guava by the TV, a watch by the sofa, a kite by the bed, a kettle by the kitchen, an umbrella by the dining table. Where did you place the guava? (a) sofa (b) TV (c) kitchen (d) dining table
  24. 24.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a shoe by the dining table, an inkpot by the TV, a mango by the kitchen, a pencil by the shoe rack, an apple by the sofa. What did you place by the sofa? (a) inkpot (b) apple (c) mango (d) shoe
  25. 25.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) skip 5 items (b) put all at one stop (c) use no route (d) add more stops
  26. 26.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place an anchor by the door, a doll by the shoe rack, a jeep by the sofa, a drum by the dining table, a parrot by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) jeep (b) parrot (c) drum (d) anchor
  27. 27.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
  28. 28.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a glass by the park gate, a whistle by the post box, a fan by the fruit cart, a goat by the banyan tree, a tent by the swing. Where did you place the glass? (a) swing (b) post box (c) park gate (d) fruit cart
  29. 29.🏰 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
  30. 30.🏰 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
  31. 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a coconut by the fruit cart, a ball by the banyan tree, an inkpot by the swing, an anchor by the post box, a tent by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) anchor (b) ball (c) coconut (d) inkpot
  32. 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a ladder by the banyan tree, a needle by the swing, a nest by the fruit cart, an ice cream by the post box, a spoon by the park gate. What did you place by the fruit cart? (a) needle (b) ladder (c) nest (d) ice cream
  33. 33.🏰 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 park gate, a shoe by the fruit cart, a candle by the post box, an anchor by the banyan tree. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) anchor (b) candle (c) mango (d) shoe
  34. 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place an ant by the school gate, a key by the classroom door, a cat by the teacher’s desk, a kite by the stairs, a ball by the notice board. What did you place by the school gate? (a) cat (b) ant (c) kite (d) ball
  35. 35.🏰 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
  36. 36.🏰 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
  37. 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a kite by the swing, a jalebi by the park gate, a coconut by the fruit cart, a ladder by the bench, an orange by the slide. Where did you place the jalebi? (a) fruit cart (b) park gate (c) slide (d) bench
  38. 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a glass by the blackboard, a rope by the stairs, an apple by the library, a jeep by the teacher’s desk, a sock by the classroom door. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) glass (b) jeep (c) rope (d) sock
  39. 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a pencil by the TV, an ice cream by the sofa, a mirror by the shoe rack, a glass by the door, a jalebi by the gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) glass (b) jalebi (c) pencil (d) mirror
  40. 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a van by the dining table, a goat by the sofa, a guava by the kitchen, a jalebi by the shoe rack, a ladder by the TV. Where did you place the goat? (a) dining table (b) TV (c) sofa (d) shoe rack

Answer key

  1. to keep the order
  2. step 3
  3. jug
  4. choose a place you know
  5. fix stops in order
  6. step 1
  7. shoe rack
  8. put pictures at stops
  9. urn
  10. step 2
  11. mirror
  12. fix stops in order
  13. one you know very well
  14. tiger
  15. yes, with new pictures
  16. cat
  17. the method of loci
  18. ice cream
  19. bucket
  20. sock
  21. fruit cart
  22. watch
  23. TV
  24. apple
  25. add more stops
  26. drum
  27. step 4
  28. park gate
  29. choose a place you know
  30. put pictures at stops
  31. coconut
  32. nest
  33. shoe
  34. ant
  35. choose a place you know
  36. fix stops in order
  37. park gate
  38. rope
  39. pencil
  40. sofa

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