Multiple choice softskills leadership

"Devil take the hindmost" means ___.

  1. everyone has to fight for his or her own survival

  2. that if you are clever, you get the best part

  3. that bad people are left behind

  4. the slowest person gets what is left
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The idiom means that in difficult situations, everyone must look out for themselves because no one else will help them. Option A correctly captures this meaning of self-preservation. Options B, C, and D are incorrect interpretations - it's not about cleverness getting rewards, bad people being left behind morally, or slow people getting leftovers.

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