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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 _is_exempt(self, environ):
 """ Returns True if this request's URL starts with one of the excluded paths. """

        exemptions = self.exclude_paths

        if exemptions:
            path = environ.get('PATH_INFO')
            for excluded_p in self.exclude_paths:
                if path.startswith(excluded_p):
                    return True

        return False