Hello, Abolition.
Thank you for sharing the .story file!
When working with a form-based quiz slide, there's no need to manually create triggers to show the Correct and Try Again layers, as they are created automatically for you. The same applies to built-in states (you don't have to add a trigger to change an object to selected).
I disabled all the triggers in your project, and I also grouped your buttons and statements so they work together (Clicking the button selects the text, for example), and everything seems to be working as expected.
I'm attaching the edited .story file here.
I hope this helps!