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Read the statements regarding Shakespeare's 'As You Like It': Assertion (A): Ganymede faints upon seeing the blood-stained handkerchief after Orlando is injured by a lioness, but quickly claims the fainting was only 'well counterfeited'. Reason (R): Ganymede is actually Rosalind disguised as a man, who retains her feminine tenderness and desperately tries to prevent her disguise from being discovered by Oliver and Orlando. Choose the correct option:
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- 1(A) is false, but (R) is true
- 2(A) is true, but (R) is false
- 3Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is NOT the correct explanation of (A)
- 4Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)✓
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Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
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