#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
#include <atcoder/all>
using namespace atcoder;
using ll = long long;
using vll = vector<ll>;
using vvll = vector<vll>;
using vvvll = vector<vvll>;
using vvvvll = vector<vvvll>;
using vvvvvll = vector<vvvvll>;
#define all(A) A.begin(),A.end()
#define rep(i, n) for (ll i = 0; i < (ll) (n); i++)
template<class T>
bool chmax(T& p, T q, bool C = 1) {
    if (C == 0 && p == q) {
        return 1;
    }
    if (p < q) {
        p = q;
        return 1;
    }
    else {
        return 0;
    }
}

template<class T>
bool chmin(T& p, T q, bool C = 1) {
    if (C == 0 && p == q) {
        return 1;
    }
    if (p > q) {
        p = q;
        return 1;
    }
    else {
        return 0;
    }
}

ll gcd(ll(a), ll(b)) {
    if (a == 0)return b;
    if (b == 0)return a;
    ll c = a;
    while (a % b != 0) {
        c = a % b;
        a = b;
        b = c;
    }
    return b;
}
ll sqrtz(ll N) {
    ll L = max(0ll, ll(sqrt(N) - 20));
    ll R = sqrt(N) + 20;
    while (abs(R - L) > 1) {
        ll mid = (R + L) / 2;
        if (mid * mid <= N)L = mid;
        else R = mid;
    }
    return L;

}

ll inva(ll N, ll M) {
    ll mod = M;
    ll a = N, b = mod, c = 1, d = 0;
    while (b > 0) {
        ll t = a / b;
        a -= t * b;
        swap(a, b);
        c -= t * d;
        swap(c, d);
    }
    c %= mod;
    if (c < 0)c += mod;
    return c;

}

const ll mod = 998244353;
ll modPow(long long a, long long n, long long p = mod) {
    if (n == 0) return 1; // 0乗にも対応する場合
    if (n == 1) return a % p;
    if (n % 2 == 1) return (a * modPow(a, n - 1, p)) % p;
    long long t = modPow(a, n / 2, p);
    return (t * t) % p;
}

using mint = modint998244353;
mint sum(mint a, mint d, ll n) {
    if (n < 0)return 0;
    return mint(a + a+(n - 1) * d) / 2 * mint(n);
}
mint f(ll R,ll N){
    if(R<0)return 0;
    ll p=R/(N-1);
    if(p==0)return 0;
    return sum(R-(N-1)+1,-(N-1),p);
}

int main() {

    cin.tie(nullptr);
    ios::sync_with_stdio(false);

    mint an=1;
    ll N;
    cin>>N;
    vll A(N);
    rep(i,N){
        cin>>A[i];
    }
    rep(i,N-1)an*=min(A[i],A[i+1]);
    cout<<an.val()<<endl;
}