Does a familiar sharing a spell benefit from its master's feats regarding that spell?

Question

A wizard that possesses the feat Arcane Mastery (Complete Arcane 73) employs the special ability share spells so that both the wizard and the wizard's familiar gain the benefits of the 6th-level Sor/Wiz spell eyebite [necro] (PH 228-9).¹ The familiar (that does not possess the feat Arcane Mastery) targets with the eyebite spell's effect a foe that possesses spell resistance.

Is it possible to take 10 on the caster level check needed to bypass this foe's spell resistance?

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¹ Maybe the spell eyebite is invalid for the special ability share spells. In my campaign the spell that was actually shared for several levels was the 4th-level Sor/Wiz spell energy spheres [evoc] (Spell Compendium 80) until I reread the spell and found it was likely ineligible. However, the crux of the question remains Does the familiar benefit from its master's feats (or, at least, the feat Arcane Mastery in particular) when sharing spells? not Can the spell [whatever] be shared using the special ability share spells? Answers are free to use as examples more appropriate spells.

Answer 1

Yes. A caster level check is rolled by the caster, not by the subject of the spell.

From the definition of Spell Resistance:

To affect a creature that has spell resistance, a spellcaster must make a caster level check (1d20 + caster level) at least equal to the creature’s spell resistance. (The defender’s spell resistance is like an Armor Class against magical attacks.) If the caster fails the check, the spell doesn’t affect the creature. The possessor does not have to do anything special to use spell resistance. The creature need not even be aware of the threat for its spell resistance to operate.

So it doesn't matter whether the familiar does or doesn't have access to Arcane Mastery; the wizard having it is necessary and sufficient. You don't need Share Spells for this either (assuming you pick a non-personal-range spell). e.g. Alice the wizard casts Glorious Master of the Elements (Sor/Wiz7, Dragon Magic) on Bob, granting Bob the ability to shoot elemental ray attacks; Bob's rays benefit from Alice's Arcane Mastery, and wouldn't benefit if Bob himself had the feat instead of Alice.

The same applies to most other spell-affecting feats, since they're phrased as affecting "your spells" or "your caster level" or something like that. There are a few exception, however: if Alice has Weapon Focus [ray], then Bob doesn't benefit from that, since Weapon Focus cares who's making the attack roll rather than who casts the spell.