Affect is when something has changed. For example you could say that spring affects your allergies. Effect is the result of something. Another example would be when you didn't pay attention in class, the effect would show in your work or test grades. You use affect as a verb and Effect as a noun
The answer is D. To be able to remember the important parts of what you just read.
I think its D because the other ones are not something like specific its not something needed to be capitalized
This could mean that William's father lived his life 'inside his shell', or isolated from others.