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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def fetch_and_parse(method, uri, params_prefix=None, **params):
 """Fetch the given uri and return the root Element of the response."""

    doc = ElementTree.parse(fetch(method, uri, params_prefix, **params))
    return _parse(doc.getroot())