Given the roles that the right hemisphere typically plays in language comprehension, which one of the following tasks would rely most heavily on the right hemisphere?
A) Hearing the rhyme in the words hypocrisy and democracy
B) Writing precise definitions of abstract words such as hypocrisy and democracy
C) Realizing that "That blonde is really hot" has as least two possible meanings
D) Translating Leo Tolstoy's novel War and Peace into English

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The right hemisphere is often involved in understanding context, tone, and multiple meanings in language, which is necessary for realizing that a phrase can have more than one interpretation.

Given the Roles That the Right Hemisphere Typically Plays in Language