What is the length of the chord of contact of the tangents drawn from the point $(-2, -1)$ to the parabola $y^2 = 4x$?

  • A
    $2\sqrt{2}$
  • B
    $3\sqrt{5}$
  • C
    $8$
  • D
    None of these

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