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Which of the following statements regarding the textual evolution and characteristics of Alexander Pope's The Rape of the Lock are CORRECT? I. The poem was originally published anonymously in 1712 as a two-canto work. II. The expansion to five cantos in 1714 introduced supernatural machinery comprising sylphs, gnomes, nymphs, and salamanders. III. Clarissa's speech on good humor was added to Canto V in the 1717 revision to give the poem a clearer moral purpose. IV. Pope acknowledged adapting his supernatural Rosicrucian machinery from Le Comte de Gabalis by Abbé de Villars. Choose the correct option from the choices given below:
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I, II, III and IV
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