function dozent_get_attempts( $args = [], $first = false ) {
		global $wpdb;

		$response = new DozentDBResponse();

		$defaults = apply_filters( 'dozent_get_attempts_default_args', [
			'id'        => null,
			'course_id' => null,
			'quiz_id'   => null,
			'user_id'   => null,
			'status'    => 'started,in_review,finished',
			'order_by'  => 'ASC',
		] );

		$r = wp_parse_args( $args, $defaults );
		extract( $r, EXTR_SKIP );

		$course_sql = "";
		if ( ! empty( $course_id ) ) {
			$course_sql = " AND course_id = {$course_id} ";
		}

		$quiz_sql = "";
		if ( ! empty( $quiz_id ) ) {
			$quiz_sql = " AND quiz_id = {$quiz_id} ";
		}

		$id_sql = "";
		if ( ! empty( $id ) ) {
			$id_sql = " AND id = {$id} ";
			$first = true;
		}

		$user_sql = "";
		if ( ! empty( $user_id ) ) {
			$user_sql = " AND user_id = {$user_id} ";
		}

		$status_sql = "";
		if ( ! empty( $status ) ) {
			$status_arr    = is_array( $status ) ? $status : explode( ',', $status );
			$status_arr    = (array) $status_arr;
			$status_in_sql = dozent_array_to_in_sql( $status_arr );

			$status_sql = " AND status IN( {$status_in_sql} ) ";
		}

		$order_by_sql = " ORDER BY created_at ASC ";
		if ( ! empty( $order_by ) ) {
			$order_by_sql = " ORDER BY created_at {$order_by} ";
		}

		$sql = "SELECT * FROM {$wpdb->dozent_quiz_attempts} 
			WHERE 1 = 1 {$id_sql} {$course_sql} {$quiz_sql} {$user_sql} {$status_sql} {$order_by_sql}  ;";

		if ( $first ) {
			$results = $wpdb->get_row( $sql );
			if ( $results ) {
				$response->count = 1;
			}
		} else {
			$results         = $wpdb->get_results( $sql );
			$response->count = dozent_count( $results );
		}

		$response->results = $results;

		return $response;
	}