Answer:
a. realize
Explanation:
realize sounds the most natural because the next sentence talks about how he finds out about it. which is REALIZE
The monk, a fat hedonist who prefers to be out of his cloister. He prefers to hunt and eat and is not a lover of books and learning. He cites tragedy as being the story of a man fallen from high degree and then offers many examples such as anecdotes of Lucifer, Adam, Samson, Hercules, Balthasar, Ugolino of Pisa, Julius Caesar, and Croesus.
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