Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:

To write "The Persians," which opens Thursday at the Aurora Theatre in Berkeley, Ellen McLaughlin spent six days. Given the direction of U.S. foreign policy, McLaughlin says, the lessons of "The Persians" are particularly crucial today, 2,500 years after it was written.

Available options:
[a]. Yes.
[b]. It's impossible to say.
[c]. No.
Hypothesis: Ellen is highly recognized for writing books that are consistent with the modern day policies



[b].