Questions 3-6 refer to the following passage.

Select the sentence that most concisely describes the contrast between préciosité and the neo-classicism that followed it.

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(5) Préciosité, "preciousness," or the manifesta- tion of the baroque in literature, is often dis- missed as a "feminine concoction," mocked by Line Molière and thought to be ridiculous by modern standards. Preferring appearance to substance and excess to moderation, baroque expression is given to wild exaggeration and purple descrip- tion. However, when one considers its historical context, the movement can be seen as a subtle (10) rebellion by an otherwise powerless sex against its restrictive society.