#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
#define int long long
#define INF (int)1e18
#define f first
#define s second

mt19937_64 RNG(chrono::steady_clock::now().time_since_epoch().count());
const int mod = 998244353;

void Solve() 
{
    int n; cin >> n;
    vector <int> a(n);
    for (auto &x: a) cin >> x;
    
    int ans = 1;
    for (int i = 0; i < n - 1; i ++){
        ans *= min(a[i], a[i + 1]);
        ans %= mod;
    } 
    
    cout << ans << "\n";
}

int32_t main() 
{
    auto begin = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0);
    cin.tie(0);
    int t = 1;
  //  cin >> t;
    for(int i = 1; i <= t; i++) 
    {
        //cout << "Case #" << i << ": ";
        Solve();
    }
    auto end = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
    auto elapsed = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::nanoseconds>(end - begin);
   // cerr << "Time measured: " << elapsed.count() * 1e-9 << " seconds.\n"; 
    return 0;
}