Text Entry Box - Different Results based on Different Entries?

Hello,
I'm trying to figure out a way to use the Text-Entry Box (if there's a better tool to go about this, let me know) in order to bring up a particular caption box with a particular response. So for example, in a standard text-entry box, I have listed 4 possible "correct" answers, and for this example, I'll just say answer 1, answer 2, answer 3, and answer 4. I would like each answer to bring up a different caption box with a different statement based on which answer they type in. Basically:
Answer one -> Caption 1
Answer two -> Caption 2
etc.
All I can ever get is for each answer to just respond to the same standard buttons, Success, Failure, etc. I can't seem to add a new button that would pop up like the standard ones, or, as I would like better, Captions instead. Any ideas?

Hello,
Perhaps it is a problem with terminology, but as the 'proclaimed' advanced actions freak I have to ask what you mean by your latest answer 'captions did not come as variables to use'. A button is not a variable in my mind, but you mean perhaps the object ID? Which statement did you use in the advanced actions where the object ID of the captions do not show? AFAIK that is only the case with the statements Assign and Expression if you use variables, but there the button will not be in the list as well.
Do you understand why I'm puzzled?
My work flow would be this one:
Create the Text captions TC_one, TC_two... and set them to invisible
Create the Advanced conditional action that checks which (correct) answer was chosen, this action will have one decision for each correct answer; the action to be executed is to show TC_one in case answer1 was chose, TC_two for answer2 etc. If you allow the user to change his answer, hide at the same time the other captions
Attach this action as Success action to the TEB, and have a shortcut or the Submit button like you wish.
In case you allow also a Retake functionality, where the user returns to this slide, you'll need sort of a Reset that hides all Text Captions when entering the slide
Please, I hope you'll take the time to answer my question in the first paragraph.
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