def get_selection(cls, strings, title="Select an option", subtitle=None, exit_option=True, _menu=None):
        """
        Single-method way of getting a selection out of a list of strings.

        Args:
            strings (:obj:`list` of :obj:`str`):  The list of strings this menu should be built from.
            title (str): The title of the menu.
            subtitle (str): The subtitle of the menu.
            exit_option (bool): Specifies whether this menu should show an exit item by default. Defaults to True.
            _menu: Should probably only be used for testing, pass in a list and the created menu used internally by
                the method will be appended to it

        Returns:
            int: The index of the selected option.

        """
        menu = cls(strings, title, subtitle, exit_option)
        if _menu is not None:
            _menu.append(menu)
        menu.show()
        menu.join()
        return menu.selected_option