Question ID:PT16 S3 Q20 Passage:Maria: Calling any state totalitarian is misleading: it implies total state control of all aspects of life. The real world contains no political entity exercising literally total control over even one such aspect. This is because any system of control is inefficient, and, therefore, its degree of control is partial.James: A one-party state that has tried to exercise control over most aspects of a society and that has, broadly speaking, managed to do so is totalitarian. Such a system’s practical inefficiencies do not limit the aptness of the term, which does not describe a state s actual degree of control as much as it describes the nature of a state’s ambitions. Stem:James responds to Maria’s argument by Correct Answer Choice:DChoice A:pointing out a logical inconsistency between two statements she makes in support of her argument Choice B:offering an alternative explanation for political conditions she mentions Choice C:rejecting some of the evidence she presents without challenging what she infers from it Choice D:disputing the conditions under which a key term of her argument can be appropriately applied Choice E:demonstrating that her own premises lead to a conclusion different from hers