See the multi-choice question below:

Sentence 1: Man-made Madrid, which quickly assumed the reigns of Spain's Golden Age, hasn't stopped growing and asserting itself since.

Sentence 2: Madrid has continued to grow and assert itself ever since it took the reigns of the Golden Age in Spain.

If the first sentence is true, then is the second sentence true?
Possible answers: * yes * it is not possible to tell * no
yes