Question

as the middle class began to read which form of literature became more popular novels Chronicles classic works from Ancient Rome or plays

Answer 1

The correct answer is Novels

Poetry was read and studied by higher classes. When middle classes began getting educated novels started becoming the favorite literature of the masses.

Answer 2

The answer is: novels

As the more powerful middle class began to read, novels became in demand, as well as periodicals. After the invention of the printing press, extended works of prose fiction, which dealt with politics and romance, circulated among Europe's bourgeois. In the past, printed books had only been available to aristocratic classes.