Getting an array element out of an object in c#

test.cs

//I didn't know you could do this, figured it out from the docs
//I had to get a specific element out of an array which was returned from a library as a single object and didn't want to cast to the specific type
//An example:
object test = new int[] { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 };

//ideally you would do this
object test2 = ((int[])test)[1]; //but this means you need to account for each type test can be

//this does not work (throws)
object test2 = ((object[])test)[1];

//this does - test2 is 2
object test2 = ((Array)test).GetValue(1);

Also declaring test as dynamic is another way to get around this problem, but I prefer to leave dynamic as a last resort, especially when you need to take performance into account.