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In effect, this quiz will prove whether or not you have the skills to know the difference between “affect” and “effect.”

Question 1 of 7

The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

There was a lot of prison fiction from movies and books to mine.
‘Archer’ Creator Adam Reed Spills Season 6 Secrets, From Surreal Plotlines to Life Post-ISIS|Marlow Stern|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
I gave a reading last week with someone who had taken a class of mine.
Daphne Merkin on Lena Dunham, Book Criticism, and Self-Examination|Mindy Farabee|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I wanted to be anonymous, as some of these people were friends of mine.
I Was Gang Raped at a UVA Frat 30 Years Ago, and No One Did Anything|Liz Seccuro|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It reminds me of an uncle of mine who said the London Blitz was irritating.
Why Can’t Movies Capture Genius?|Clive Irving|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST

I learn by the third day to tell the nurse privately to make mine mostly orange juice.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We know one thing—the men that killed Rutter are the ones that held us up, and got off with that money of mine.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
He had seen through a powerful naval glass some figures standing erect and silhouetted against the sky on the parapet.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
And it is small consolation to me to note that most people's minds seem to be no better done than mine.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
When a besieged city suspects a mine, do not the inhabitants dig underground, and meet their enemy at his work?
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
The second cable quotes mine of last night wherein I ask leave to call for the East Lancs.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton