Button issues on Question slide

Hi there
I have a simple quiz in my project which the users can skip
if they want to. I want the users can go Back from the question
slide. The back button works for the first time taking to the
previous slide(not a question slide). But when i again want to come
from the slide to question slide the Next button which i have added
stops working. Strangely if i dont have a question slide the Next
button works fine for simple slides.

Thanks ravi
but i dont want any report for the quiz. It is a small
project for which i have inserted 2 question slides. Just want
users to try if they want to and if they press the correct option
they move on and even incorrect they move on...nothing to do with
scoring or reporting.

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