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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 _handle_authentication_error(self):
 """ Return an authentication error. """

        response = make_response('Access Denied')
        response.headers['WWW-Authenticate'] = self.auth.get_authenticate_header()
        response.status_code = 401
        return response