tough one specially looking at the meaning but A should be good.
I am not sure but this is the way i approached which makes me go for A.
Word "AS" should be there to create parallelism with the line "then only as "
This makes it option A, B , C and D.
So much as is wrong because much is not adjective. Only an adjective can exist between So..As.
this makes ti to option A and D.
D- As much that is wrong Idiomatic usage.
Answer A remaining should be right.
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